Not this situation BUT
I recall in the housing crash that we were actually looking for a little larger home. We saw an open house sign pop up out of nowhere a few blocks over from where we were and immediately went over to the event.
Long story short > the realtor pretty much told us that this was a foreclosure and the open house was just for show to prove to the bank that they were trying to get the best price/recovery $$ for the bank. aka - the home was already earmarked for someone > our guess was someone the realtor knew.
Saw it immediately go to pending and whoever got it - did so at a steal.
Certainly not what's going on here but your stories reminded me of an experience I had with some "funny business" years ago.
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