No, it is not legal, unless you actually take possession and then sell it - a double-closing.First, if you enter into a contract with no means or actual intent to close, you can be sued for Fraud in the Inducement.  

They're giving you the bum's rush to get into into a bad deal.Tell them to make legitimate offers or hit the road!!

About 30 minutes later we went back and found the heater was hacked off the plumbing, and the bum didn't bother to shut the valves.

I just started to look at these forums, so I'm bummed I missed out on a couple of people here but just in case you still need someone for Jax, here I am

Last year while waiting to find out which of the 3 cities we were moving to, I looked for REI groups in all 3 cities and there was one in every other city except Las Cruces, I was pretty bummed about that.

Entering into contracts with no ability nor intention to close is called FRAUD BY INDUCEMENT and can result in YOU being sued.

That there was a man on the front porch (this is a duplex and I have a painter living in the other unit) that must have been the community bum.

@Perry McintyreAre you deliberately trying to work with the most headache inducing properties?

Signing contracts with no ability or intention to close is FRAUD BY INDUCEMENT. 

It doesn't max you out and stress you out burn you out and bum you out if it doesn't work like an aggressive refi would.