Do not make collection attempts on debts discharged in bankruptcy that is against the law.  

They have no motivation to push a seller and work through any bit of hesitation they may be feeling or make any attempt to discern what the seller's true reason for selling their home may be.Would the conversion rate be greater than just a voicemail?

Even if at the end of the day there were damages or issues to the unit with which they attempted to mitigate out of the deposit, you would still be owed the interest on the 950. 

Worst thing that could happen in life is that you never attempted.

I would highly recommend you let them do this for you and not attempt to do a title search yourself, unless you've done plenty of these and know what you're doing.

I am attempting to close a deal locally here in the Bay area or atleast 100 miles within San jose.

I am attempting to close a deal locally here in the Bay area or atleast 100 miles within San jose.

This was literally my first attempt to make contact and it returned this result.

Let me preface this with the fact I have never attempted any type of creative financing.I was thinking to offer them a Option Price on a 3 year lease to own.

Since it sounds like you've already negotiated price and terms, you'll need to attempt to renegotiate the closing terms, and if possible the conditions present to trigger a closing.