to go with an investor named peter ted malone, who, with his wife, mary, called themselves tema housing solutionsthe card that i'm looking has this -- this guy's name on it, ted malone. and at the top, it says "stop foreclosure. save your credit and get your house sold in 7 days." did he show you this card? >> he gave us several of those cards. and they're on the bottom of his e-mail as well as his websites. they seemed very nice, very knowledgeable, had said they'd been doing this for a while. they had a few houses in scottsdale. >> okay. did you check out to see if the llc was legitimate with the secretary of state or anything like that? >> we did all that. but nothing came back on any of it, couldn't find anything with anybody saying that this was not legit. >> and your... at that time, your house payments were current. your hoa was current. your property tax was current. everything was exactly the way it should be. >> yes. >> malone offered to buy the house for the amount owed on the mortgage, 395,000. >> this seemed to be the best option for us because they wanted a 1-year or close sooner. a