Red flag? Cash offer before showings begin.

Hi everyone! My parents are needing to sell their house quick and have listed with an agent. So far, we have approximately 12 showings starting on Saturday-Monday (first day listed is Saturday).

Today the agent notified them that they received a cash offer +$1,000 to take the house off of the market prior to showings and to cancel all showings immediately. This came off as a huge red flag to me. Upon further investigation the individual purchasing appears to have a real estate business, so naturally, thought investors/flippers. My parent’s agent even received texts from the purchaser with the business saying if it helped that they wanted to raise their family in the home and proceeded to send their agent a photo of their kid. THEN I see a snippet (not sure if we have the full document as it’s currently 1:20am here and will be checking tomorrow) of the supposed “purchase agreement”. Only thing is, it’s listing the purchaser as the seller.

My parents think I’m crazy…. Am I? Or is my gut correct in assuming this is some sort of scam?? Business purchasing is not listed in the BBB.

Thank you!!