No.Iu2019m not a lawyer, so this isnu2019t legal advice. For that, you need a lawyer. However . . .Deposits are to be put into a separate escrow account, almost always under the control of the brokerage of the listing agent. (As an investor, I use my settlement company and its escrow account.)A deposit should never, never, never be put into the agentu2019s bank account. Thatu2019s absolutely forbidden.Further, there are usually guidelines on how quickly (very quickly, a matter of days) the payment must be deposited into the escrow account. The agent canu2019t even hold onto the check for, say, a week, before putting it into the escrow account.