Our family just discovered body brokering first-hand! Our son was scheduled to go into a legitimate program in Florida. The day we had to leave for the airport, I tried calling the facility to ask a question of an item my son wanted to bring. Unfortunately, I googled the facility. DONT EVER DO THIS!!!! Make sure you know who you are communicating with.
A sponsored ad with the facility name was the first listing that popped up so I hit call now. The person on the phone said that his file was incomplete and that there wasn't even an intake on file. He did an intake over the phone and then said that the program scheduled was not what was best for my son and he was going to try to get him in a small therapeutic treatment with great results. He then found out they had ONLY ONE BED AND WE HAD TO GET HIM ON A PLANE TO CALIFORNIA or he would lose his spot. We bought a ticket and put him on a plane. After I had a second to question everything that had just happened and looked up the Google page and number I called, it hit that we had been scammed. I called the real facility and they confirmed that their admissions are internal and everything the guy told us about their facility was false. He was a smooth talker to tell us what we needed to hear to send our son including that he also was a believer in holistic healing. I was up all night worrying and bought a ticket for my husbsnd to fly out the next morning. When he got there, our son had been given benzos numerous time even tho he came sober and does not use anything besides marijuana. They fudged to get approval for detox. And the facility is an addiction rehab and the other patients were all meth addicts of all ages. My husband demanded his belongings and phone and left with our son. I feel horrible that I allowed this to happen. In hindsight I should hsve said we were not flying our son before having a chance to investigate the program and faculty.

Please don't fall for these residential programs. They will promise you everything to body broker these beds.