<prompt> Human: I am a first time home buyer, and I have not met this person face to face. Is it normal to just send things like tax records over email for this sort of thing? I looked his business up in the BBB So he seems legit. I just have some reservations sending sensitive information over Email to someone Iv never met. Should I be worried or am I being paranoid?  <response>: I did that a few years back, seems to be an efficient way to pass an otherwise pile of paper around. That probably makes their job easier as well as they gotta deal with ton of people too 