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CONFESSION #0260 — OTHER
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
I've started keeping a secret tally of how many times clients ask me if I can "just take a quick look" at a property that's two hours away, listed with another agent, and completely outside their stated criteria. We're at 47 this year. Forty-seven times I've smiled and said "absolutely, let me see what I can find out" while internally calculating the gas money and lost afternoon.
The best part? Nine times out of ten, they drive by on their own, decide they hate the neighborhood, and never mention it again. No "hey, never mind." No "sorry for the wild goose chase." Just radio silence until they text me at 10 PM asking about a completely different property in a completely different town with a completely different budget.
I've genuinely considered adding a "curiosity tour" fee to my unofficial services. Twenty bucks every time you want me to research a house you saw on TikTok that you'll forget about by Thursday. I'd make more money than my actual commissions at this point.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF MAINTAINING A CHRONICLE OF CLIENT DELUSION
This Court has reviewed the defendant's meticulous documentation of forty-seven instances of what can only be described as recreational agent abuse, and frankly, Judge Escrow is IMPRESSED by the restraint shown here. The confession reveals a classic case of Client Amnesia Syndrome, wherein buyers develop sudden passionate interest in properties they will abandon like a half-eaten yogurt in a work fridge. This Court notes that the defendant's proposed "curiosity tour" fee of twenty dollars is, if anything, CRIMINALLY UNDERPRICED given the emotional labor of pretending to care about a farmhouse someone saw while doom-scrolling at 2 AM. The true crime here is not the secret tally but the fact that society has normalized texting real estate professionals at 10 PM as if they are some sort of property-identifying emergency service. Judge Escrow once drove forty minutes to show a "dream home" to a client who arrived, sniffed the air, said "hmm, no," and got back in their car. The Court requires a brief recess to lie down.
Chronic Whimsy Enabler
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