This Court has seen deception in its many forms but RARELY has it witnessed such calculated disrespect for the sacred covenant between agent and client. These buyers constructed an elaborate fiction about their financial ceiling while SECRETLY HOARDING two hundred and thirty thousand dollars of additional purchasing power like squirrels hiding acorns from a helpful neighbor who only wanted to find them the perfect tree. Eighteen hours, counselor. EIGHTEEN HOURS of weekend labor sacrificed at the altar of their self-control issues because apparently grown adults cannot tour homes responsibly without first lying to professionals. And then, THEN, they had the AUDACITY to request a commission reduction because they quote did the legwork unquote by DRIVING PAST A HOUSE. Judge Escrow must pause to collect himself. The buyers are hereby sentenced to explain to their new neighbors at every barbecue that they are people who lie about money and also believe looking at a building from a car constitutes real estate expertise. This Court needs that drink more than you do.