Site unseen and no inspection

[Katherine Roberts]

Hi,

Is it normal for a real estate broker to send you an off market deal and expect you to decide whether you want to buy it site unseen and without an inspection? They said there’s no way to get the down payment back unless there is an issue with the title. This seems incredibly sketchy to me. Is this standard practice???

This would be our first property so we’re not going to move forward because the risk is too much, but I’m just trying to figure out if this is common