Perhaps the flood made it so she can't hide some shady business, or she is planning some scam based on a flooded home, what other reason could she have for not wanting landlord to enter and evaluate needed repairs!!!!

If it's not worth it then bail on it, but you're talking as if it has no value, or it's a scam, which simply isn't true.

This was a Wall Street/Bankers scam at its best and all the scumbags were involved.

With all the scams out there, I prefer to buy and manage my own property.

Do not fall for the Nevada/Wyoming/Delaware/OtherFabulousState scam, you'll need to then register in two states and won't get the protection/savings that the salesperson promised you, because when you buy property in MA, then MA laws are the ones that matter.  

Obviously a scam.

Of course, there's always real estate agents, but most of them in this area can't get themselves a listing and would probably see me as a scam (based on conversations I've had) - worth following up with, though.

There are scams going around where you get an email or mail that says "wire instructions have changed - wire to account xxxx"I'd think it's easily verified by calling the closing agent and verifying the account and routing numbers.

This turned out to be a total scam and they took every penny.

It sounds like a total scam.