Assigns/Finders Fee

Are double closings legal? Example: I've found two houses in pre-foreclosure and have worked with the banks to get them through a short sale. The bank assumes that I'm going to buy them when in fact the homeowners have already found buyers. Can I take them both to the title compay and close the same day. The title will never go in my name. I can just get it into escrow for the finance part of it. In essence, I'm acting as a real estate agent.

Has someone ever done this before?

Hello Gerryette - in California assigns are legal and do then them often.

Double closings are also legal I have done those as well and the key is finding a title/escrow company that are familiar with how they work.