they rented the place out, installed their own mailbox, and the realtor told lauren posen they turned it into a studio to shoot x-rated content. >> reporter: uninvited guests turned this hollywood mansion for sale upside down. we blurred this woman's face because she hasn't been charged with a crime. realtor emily randall smith couldn't believe her eyes. >> it was a whole thing they had operated to completely take control over the house and make it their own. >> reporter: when she and her husband went to get the seven-bedroom home ready for an open hos, she says the lock box was cut off and a new mailbox was put up. >> my husband was on high alert. he's very masculine, protective, was like, stay here, i'm going to walk around the house and look. so yeah, that's when we -- he saw the guy. >> reporter: the man she says was in one of the bedrooms. they called 911, but when lapd got there, the man wouldn't leave. so they waited until he did and called police back again. that's when they learned what was going on for at least two weeks when a woman answered the door for police. >> she said