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CONFESSION #0074 — SELLER MELTDOWN
Saturday, May 24, 2025
My seller called me at 11 PM absolutely spiraling because she'd been refreshing Zillow and noticed the view count on her listing dropped by three people from the day before. "Why are people UNLIKE-ing my house?" she demanded. I tried to explain that's not how view counts work, but she was already down a rabbit hole convinced the buyers were "talking" and had formed some kind of organized boycott against her split-level. She wanted me to remove the listing and relist it with a "fresh start" at midnight. When I said that wasn't how any of this works, she accused me of not being "proactive enough" and asked if I'd considered making a TikTok tour of her home. At 11 PM. On a Tuesday. The house has been on the market for nine days. NINE DAYS. She's now texting me screenshots of comparable homes that sold faster, circling things in red like she's planning a heist. I'm three glasses of wine deep and she just sent me a Pinterest board titled "staging ideas you missed." We're priced $40K over market. I can't.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF ENABLING DELUSIONAL MARKET PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH INSUFFICIENT BOUNDARY ENFORCEMENT
This Court has reviewed the evidence and finds itself in a state of PROFOUND JUDICIAL DISTRESS. You stand before me, three wines deep, complaining about a client who is merely exhibiting the natural behavior of someone who priced their split-level $40K over market and expected the universe to comply. YOU LET THIS HAPPEN. The moment she asked about a midnight TikTok tour, you should have responded with a formal cease and desist letter addressed to her entire nervous system. Instead, you are now receiving Pinterest boards at midnight like some kind of decorative hostage. This Court notes that "staging ideas you missed" is not feedback, it is psychological warfare, and you have brought a wine glass to a knife fight. Judge Escrow himself once had a client who demanded he "manifest buyers through visualization exercises" and he handled it by blocking the number and moving to a different county for six weeks. You could learn something. The red circles on the comps are just the beginning. SHE IS COMING FOR YOUR WEEKENDS. This Court must adjourn immediately as my gavel hand is trembling.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.8/10 Zillow Psychosis Enabler

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