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CONFESSION #0057 — LOWBALL OFFER
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
I just submitted an offer for my buyers on a house listed at $425,000. They offered $280,000. I tried to explain that we're not even in the same universe as the asking price, that the sellers would probably frame this offer and hang it in their bathroom for laughs. My buyers insisted the house "needed work" because the paint colors weren't their taste. Paint. They wanted a $145,000 discount for paint they don't like. The listing agent called me and just sighed for about ten seconds before saying "I'm going to pretend I never received this." I don't blame her. I wanted to pretend I never sent it. The best part? My buyers were genuinely offended when it got rejected. They asked me if the sellers were "even serious about selling." I had to mute myself on the call so they wouldn't hear me laughing. Now they want to submit another offer at $295,000 because they "came up significantly." I'm going to need a stronger coffee. Or a career change. Possibly both.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF MATHEMATICAL DELUSION IN THE FIRST DEGREE
This Court has witnessed many crimes against reason, but demanding one hundred and forty-five THOUSAND dollars off a home because the paint displeases you is a level of audacity that makes Judge Escrow need to sit down, and Judge Escrow is already sitting. The buyers believe they "came up significantly" by adding fifteen thousand dollars to an offer that was already an INSULT TO ARITHMETIC ITSELF. This Court notes that paint costs approximately four hundred dollars and a weekend of mild inconvenience, not the price of a modest home in several states. The listing agent's ten-second sigh should be submitted as evidence in future cases as Exhibit A in "Sounds Real Estate Agents Make Before Their Souls Leave Their Bodies." This Court sentences the confessing agent to continued representation of these clients as punishment, because frankly you chose this life and Judge Escrow finds that hilarious. The Court must now adjourn to stare at a wall and contemplate the human capacity for self-delusion.
SCANDAL RATING: 7.2/10 Beige Audacity Crisis

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