Don't make a yes/no decision solely on the pictures or lack thereof.That being said, why agents make a listing active without pictures is a mystery to me.

(I doubt they have health insurance and looking at their teeth, dental is probably a vast mystery to them) I purchase workman's comp.

if title company says, there are 4k in liens against the house and i decide i am ok with that burden and im willing to pay/negotiate purchase price, would i not be responsible if a mysterious 7800k judgement came out of the woodwork?

If you surround yourself with Yes Men, you will never grow.Be thankful this mystery critical-BP'er cares enough to take time to try to help you.With that said, you don't have to do what others say, but if its making you uncomfortable or angry, step back and give it some serious thought.

The rep is somewhat mysterious.

This is a mystery eh?

(j/k)  I hope you get to the bottom of your mystery!

Sign up to do Mystery shopping mysteryshoppa.com, mysteryshop.org2.

(He also makes sure the staging props don't mysteriously grow legs & walk out the door!) 

You could look  up the current owner on the tax records, but the banks normally aren't real big on working directly with buyers (at least the big banks aren't for a single property).I might try to contact the former listing agent to see what they know,,I've seen banks mysteriously pull properties off of MLS, let them sit for 6 months or so, and then re-list them,,I have no idea why in the case I am talking about, they pulled it in the first place.andy