If i hadn't mentioned physical meeting then i can also suspect scam but i wonder how a physical meeting will end up to be scam, that is the surest way of transacting business. On Issue of escrow; who do you trade physical cash with escrow? What is the need of escrow why you are meeting to see for yourself. Escrow is for trust to make sure both parties are safe without the need to meet up if trading digitally but this is physically. And of course urgency has nothing to do with scam. It simply means the first to show up gets the deal.  And you can come with your guards etc.

Thank you.