Generals from several nations of the coalition partners working with Gen. Petraeus at MacDill Air Force attended a cocktail party hosted by Scott and Jilly Kelley at their Tampa home in May 2010.
“Determined to make her footprint, Jill Kelley knocked on doors up and down Bayshore Boulevard, asking homeowners if their house was for sale. She wanted the prestigious address, and she got it. In June 2004, the couple paid $1.5 million for a 4,800-square-foot brick mansion with stately white pillars and a view of Hillsborough Bay, just six miles from MacDill Air Force Base.
Kelley’s husband, it seemed, could afford the good life on his salary from Moffitt Cancer Center, where he worked in the department of surgery after a two-year fellowship.
“He was a highly talented guy. Great interpersonal skills,’’ said Dr. Richard Karl, the founding medical director at Moffitt, who hired Kelley. “He and his wife were very charming when I knew them back then.”
The Kelleys were known for their “extravagant parties; there was always more than you could possibly eat,” he said. “
So how did they get the owners to sell?? Paid more for it or what?