If you get blindsided on the day of closing by an unwilling Seller or Buyer then you probably weren't babysitting the deal well enough.Now if your question was referring to someone not actually being ABLE to get to the closing table (like an out of town or imprisoned seller) then documents are normally emailed/mailed to them, executed and notarized (they do have notaries in jail), and then over-nighted back.

My squaters didn't think I could pull it off, and the sherriff showed up and blindsided them.

I've got a target property already but I need to make sure I take the correct steps to steer clear from any legal issues or blindsides....Will my broker need to know about this, and is he due a piece of my assignment fee?

Add baths, kitchens, heating/cooling, etc, and it is no surprise that owners feel blind-sided by bad years and unusual expenses, I don't see them, therefore they aren't real.

All different rules and even with all the reading I do on the statutes and auction rules, I usually get blindsided by some little quirky rule along the way.Just happened this morning in a Florida county online lien auction.

People (tenants) get annoyed when they feel blind-sided (surprised by something they did not see coming).You want them to have a safe and comfortable home.

I don't want to be blindsided with questions I can't answer.

Somehow I have never heard of this issue or challenge yet so I completely got blindsided with it.

We aren't getting blind sided and have to pull off any other projects.   

I feel totally blind sided and have not had any complaints nor a chance to respond to this.