The Situation
A first-time buyer working in banking was offered a three-bedroom flat at ₦150,000,000, presented as materially below market. The agent applied time pressure across several days, telling him another buyer was arriving that evening to pay. He was close to transferring the full amount.
We asked for the chain of authority rather than the property documents. The agent could not evidence any instruction to sell, and the property was held as a rental. He had no power to dispose of it.
Our client did not pay.
Deadline pressure from a seller-side agent is not a market signal, because a genuine competing buyer does not require you to skip verification. The check that answers it is narrow. Ask who instructed the sale, and ask to see the instrument that says so.