So a few months ago a T/B placed one of my RTO houses on hold for him.
He signed a contract between me and him and put down a few thousand dollars (nonrefundable) made out to me.
Our agreement showed a hold time for only 2 weeks from signing agreement for him to complete the entire deal.
Him and his wife are the happiest couple under the sun as they have an RTO house on hold to close in two weeks.
We talked on the phone every day, emailed each other every day counting the days til closing date.

The date arrives to close, we talked one more time, set up a time to meet at the house with owners to sign and close everything.
The T/Bs are on their way very excited to meet with us... We wait and wait and wait. NO show.

I called them 20 times on their cell, and no answer, no reply, nothing!
I go home and continue to call them both, send emails and nothing.
few months went by and NOTHING.. house is no longer available and I still don't know what happened to this couple.
Yes, I kept the money as officially stated but I'm just concerned as to what happened to them? Why don't they reply.
Or better yet, "who were these two people" who just handed me a few thousand dollars and vanished without a trace and why?


BEV!

Eerie, Bev.

Have you done a Google search on their names?
Usually most arrests, obituaries, etc. come up, depending
on which "road" they took.

Maybe they witnessed a mob hit on the way and they're now in Witness Protection.

Maybe they were abducted by aliens (the house wasn't in the middle of the Nevada desert was it?).

Or, maybe they're just into surprise philanthropy.

More likely, they changed their minds and they're worried you'll pressure them to take the deal, or their embarrassed and don't have the courage to respond. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Thanks guys.

Jason, I've done all you said few months ago but ironically their last names are " Halo " which didn't help.
At any rate, is very strange.

On another note (experience)
I've been googleing prospect T/B's ph number when they leave me a voice mail before I call them back.
I've noticed that some of them are Realtors pretending to be prospect t/b and some times I called them back pretending I'm dumb and don't know who they really are
Every single one of the realtors/agents I called back just wanted a piece of my knowledge of how the RTO works (never revealing their identity)
How sad is that? I don't know if I should feel sorry for them or honored


BEV!

I do the same thing, Bev.
I Google most phone numbers on listed properties, to make
sure they're not realtors, property managers, or investors.