How to buy out of town cash only sale?

[In The Ten Ring]

Find another van. Once a person tells you one thing and then screws you over, it's not going to get any better.

At the very least, this guy is a jackass. At the very most, he's a crook.

"Never want something too much: you will pay too high a financial or emotional price." Raoul Felder.

*That's about the best I could get out of this book, Bare Knuckle Negotiation, but it seems to fit your case very well.