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CONFESSION #0272 — DEAL THAT EXPLODED
Monday, December 8, 2025
We were three days from closing. Three days. The inspection was done, appraisal came in fine, loan was approved. I had mentally spent my commission on paying off my credit card and finally fixing my car's AC.
Then the buyer's mother visited the property "one last time" and decided the neighborhood "had bad energy." I'm not talking about crime stats or school ratings—she literally walked around the backyard with her arms outstretched like she was dowsing for water and declared the whole cul-de-sac was built on "spiritually disturbed land."
My buyer, a 34-year-old accountant, called me that night and backed out. Forfeited their earnest money. The seller was furious, relisted the property, and I had to explain to my broker why a done deal evaporated because of vibes.
I saw the mother at Target two weeks later. She was buying a welcome mat that said "Good Vibes Only." I stood in the candle aisle for ten minutes doing breathing exercises I learned from a YouTube video called "Stress Management for Realtors." It didn't help.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF WITNESSING SPIRITUAL TERRORISM AND FAILING TO COUNTER WITH SUPERIOR VIBES
This Court has seen many injustices in its distinguished tenure, but the image of a grown woman DOWSING FOR BAD ENERGY in a perfectly reasonable cul-de-sac while her adult accountant son watches and nods has shattered something inside Judge Escrow that may never heal. The defendant is guilty only of insufficient preparation—where was YOUR outstretched arm walking? Where was YOUR declaration that the land was blessed by ancient forces of closing? You let a woman with the spiritual authority of a broken wind chime destroy a three-day-out transaction, and then—THEN—you encountered her purchasing "Good Vibes Only" merchandise as if she hadn't just carpet-bombed your commission with her nonsense. The breathing exercises failed because YouTube cannot teach you what this Court knows: some deals die not from market forces but from mothers who watched too many episodes of something on a streaming service Judge Escrow refuses to name. You are sentenced to stand in every Target candle aisle in your jurisdiction until you achieve the inner peace that woman clearly already possesses. This Court needs a moment.
Vibes Most Foul
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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