Say you have a high quality buyer, under advisment that buyer lets you know that they will be very interested if no additional buying pressure is aded in on the mix. This is not an under the table or side deal, lets call it an all things equal type, like a TRUST FUND or the purest form of nepotism as your bussiness goes to your son or daughter at your choosing. It happens every day many times, even City County and Federal agency allows a Tax Trust funding, hilarious right! So if a genuine buyer says i really like the DEAL i have a TRUST set up that will only need the bottom line filled in below and thats all I need. So the prospective seller delays any more showing of the Property in lieu of an expected event. Allow me some hypothysing here as thats about all we are doing. I have a good amout of property outside of the usa and i can make deals on these lands, which i have to my advantage, be it the selling of very high quality sands, lumber, fresh water, and Rental situations for special clubs of various sorts, usually hunting and fishing clubs. I have put parties against each the other and had waiting terms as well, to my advantage. This wait to myself fits that bill with a LAWYER involved for the purpose to have information not leak out about the nature of a pending deal so as to annoy the potential client or to scare them away from an attractive situation, all IMO!