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A job transfer brought the Rodriguez family to Cape Coral in last year.
“We fell in love with the house; we really did,” Marlen Rodriguez said.
They closed on their canal front property in July 2020 no issues, no liens on the property. Then, seven months later, in February 2021, the family says they got a letter from the city saying a balance from the previous owner’s utility bill was transferred to their account and past due.
“Oh, my gosh, this is a lot of money,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of money that we did not use at all.”
It was a balance of $260 from bills dated April to June of 2020. On top of that, the city is charging the family late fees.