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CONFESSION #0115 — LOWBALL OFFER
Friday, July 4, 2025
I just presented an offer to my sellers that was $200,000 under asking. On a $650,000 house. The buyer's agent called me beforehand to "prepare me" and said their clients "really love the home but want to start a conversation." Start a conversation? This isn't a first date, Karen. My sellers laughed out loud when I read the number. Actually laughed. Then they asked if the buyers needed directions to a different neighborhood. The best part? The offer came with a twelve-page list of contingencies and a request for the sellers to leave the patio furniture, the Ring doorbell, AND the washer and dryer. Oh, and they wanted a 60-day rent-back for free while they sold their current house. I had to call the buyer's agent back with my sellers' response, which was essentially "no, and also no to everything else forever." She seemed genuinely surprised it wasn't countered. I've been doing this for nine years and I still can't figure out if some people are delusional or just hoping we all are.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF FACILITATING DELUSIONAL BUYER SYNDROME IN THE FIRST DEGREE
This Court has seen audacity, but a $200,000 haircut on a $650,000 home paired with demands for the PATIO FURNITURE is the real estate equivalent of walking into a Michelin-starred restaurant and asking if they'll accept Applebee's gift cards. The buyer's agent had the nerve to call this "starting a conversation" when what she meant was "committing an act of negotiation terrorism." Judge Escrow has reviewed the twelve-page contingency document and finds it legally indistinguishable from a ransom note written by someone who has never successfully ransomed anything. The confession reveals the agent dutifully relayed this circus act to their sellers, which makes them an accomplice to the crime of wasting everyone's Tuesday. Your sellers' response of "no, and also no to everything else forever" should be framed and hung in real estate offices nationwide as a template for dealing with people who confuse Zillow browsing with actual purchasing power. This Court awards you nothing but the memory of that phone call, which will haunt you.
Lowball Lunacy Enabler
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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