Joe McGinniss, Palin Neighbor & Author, Leaving Wasilla To Write Book

When this story originally broke, it was reported that the owner of the house that McGinniss was renting sought out McGinniss when she heard he was coming to Alaska to do research on a book about Palin, and made him the proverbial offer that he couldn't refuse (a very below market rate of $1500/mo. for renting her 6-bedroom home on the lake). It seems there is bad blood between the owner of the rental and Palin -- Palin stiffed the owner for renovation on the house that Palin wanted done (apparently Palin was renting or was interested in renting the house previously.



McGinniss said that he took the deal so that his wife, children and grandchildren could visit for the 3 months of his stay in Alaska.
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