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CONFESSION #0110 — LOWBALL OFFER
Sunday, June 29, 2025
I got a call last week from a buyer who wanted to see a gorgeous lakefront property listed at $1.2 million. We toured it twice. They loved every inch of it—the dock, the updated kitchen, the primary suite with those insane water views. They were practically picking out furniture. Then they asked me to write up an offer for $780,000. I actually laughed. Out loud. On the phone. Which I know is unprofessional, but I genuinely thought they were joking. They were not joking. Their reasoning? "The market is shifting, and they'll be lucky to get any offer at all." Sir, this property had 47 showings in its first weekend. There's already a backup offer on file. I tried explaining that we weren't just lowballing—we were entering insult territory. They told me I was being "too negative" and asked if I was "really on their side." So I sent it. The listing agent responded with a single emoji. Just the one with the face laughing so hard it's crying. No words. No counter. Just that. My buyers are now questioning whether she's "acting professionally." I need a vacation.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED LOWBALL FACILITATION AND COMPLICITY IN MATHEMATICAL DELUSION
This Court has witnessed many crimes against property valuation, but rarely has it seen an agent so thoroughly CONSCRIPTED into the service of numerical fantasy. You knew, Counselor. You KNEW that $780,000 on a $1.2 million lakefront property was not an offer but a HOSTAGE NOTE written by someone who learned negotiation from a flea market in a fever dream. And yet you sent it. You transformed yourself into a carrier pigeon delivering a message that said "I disrespect your dock and everything it stands for." The listing agent's crying-laughing emoji was not unprofessional—it was the ONLY reasonable response to receiving what amounted to a request that the seller pay YOUR buyers $420,000 for the privilege of losing their home. Judge Escrow III notes that your clients are now questioning the OTHER agent's professionalism, which suggests they have achieved a level of delusion that may actually be medically significant. You do need a vacation, but what you REALLY need is the spine to tell a buyer that "the market is shifting" does not mean "physics no longer applies to lake views." This Court is adjourning because it suddenly cannot breathe.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.8/10 Dock of Shame

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