dr. trey styler and his wife, also named nancy? what's their story? kind of a life had the stylers led before this? >> he was a very prominent anesthesiologist in denver. >> reporter: but he's burning through money. >> burning through money. and there's this long arc of starting to go downhill. his wife has medical problems. he has medical problems. >> reporter: down on their luck, strapped for cash, the style earls hoped to change their fortunes in aspen. were you coming to aspen in a way as sort of broken people? who needed a new start? >> broken people who needed a new start. but with a lot of energy. >> reporter: for nancy pfister, the needy heiress, the house with its desirable slopestyle location is an asset. she's happy to rent it to the stylers for $4,000 a month in cash. >> we go up to the house and she's in a bathrobe with pearls on and a glass of pink champagne and i said, this is too good to be true. and she looked at me, and he said, it's karma, darling. >> reporter: after nancy's death, attention also swirls around her friend and assistan