MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Since November of 2020, Greensboro resident Irish Spells has owned a unit at the Atlantica Resort in Myrtle Beach. She said she has had no issues with the property or its HOA. But in the last few months, things became worse.

Spells said she regularly uses her unit, alongside her friends and family. She also rents it out through Airbnb. But in August, she said the unit had uninvited guests.

"On Aug. 15th, I had four squatters in here," Spells said. "They were taken to jail. They took all the TV remotes, they took showerheads, they took the internet box. They took the smoke detector off, which is still missing."

She returned to Myrtle Beach in October to attend the court case for the squatters, when she noticed her unit had been used.

Due to the combined incid

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