AK if you put out the addresses we can check to see if they were all cash or not.

Threadkiller, when you put an offer on the home on Washington it was a short sale. The home was listed for 300k with Realty Headquarters. The home was being processed but it ended up going to foreclosure on 12/18/08. Now I do not see the home ever being relisted on the MLS. Yes it was purchased for 210k.

So yes this indeed could have been a situation where the home was funneled to someone from an unscrupulous agent who got the listing from an asset manager. There is no mortgage recorded on it so it was an all cash deal.