On 10 May 2007 09:17:57 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

The humorous aspect of my situation with these old houses in
Tacoma is that the buyer kept assuring me that he would have no
problem paying cash, that his family had recently returned from an
extended overseas mission trip for his church, yada, yada, yada. I
should have smelled a rat. :-)

When you're acting as a banker, I'd recommend acting like a bank.

You're entitled to ask for a full financial statement documenting the
source of all funds in the transaction.