Offering in a house where carpenter lied about being the owner

[Robert Aydelott]

Hello all. I have an offer in on a property that I toured yesterday and am wondering about some some red flags. As I toured the duplex, there was a carpenter in the kitchen doing some work, so the realtor asked him if he could open a door we weren’t able to open. The carpenter did so, and my realtor asked him if he was the owner as he had seen his name on a note (detailing how to shut off the water) and he replied “no no I’m just a carpenter”. It was a little weird and kind of awkward but I didn’t put too much thought into it. When I signed some paper work, I saw the sellers name and looked for his Facebook. WhatdoYa know it’s the “carpenter”. 

This just kinda raised a red flag for me and I’m curious on other people’s input. Would this make otherssuspicious of something? I don’t really like dropping 500k and being lied to by the owner.

Please give me your input! Thanks.