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CONFESSION #0335 — DEAL THAT EXPLODED
Monday, February 9, 2026
I had a deal blow up three days before closing because the buyer's cousin "who flips houses" walked through and told them the roof looked old. The roof was two years old. I had the inspection report. I had the receipt from the seller. I had the warranty paperwork. Didn't matter. Cousin said it looked weathered, so clearly everyone else was lying. They demanded a $15,000 price reduction or they were walking. Sellers, who had already packed their entire house and put a deposit on their new place, told them to pound sand. Buyers walked. Then they had the audacity to call me the next week asking if I could help them find something else because they "really trusted my expertise." I'm sorry, you trusted your cousin who looked at shingles for thirty seconds over three separate documents and licensed professionals, but you trust MY expertise? I told them I was booked solid for the foreseeable future. The foreseeable future is however long it takes me to forget this happened.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF SELECTIVE EXPERTISE APPRECIATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE
This Court has reviewed the evidence and finds itself experiencing what can only be described as JUDICIAL WHIPLASH. The buyers in question trusted a cousin whose qualifications appear to be owning eyes and having once watched an HGTV marathon, over licensed inspectors, documented receipts, and actual warranty paperwork. Yet somehow, SOMEHOW, they circle back requesting the agent's expertise like nothing happened. This is the equivalent of slapping a chef, demanding a refund because your uncle said the soup looked weird, then returning the next week asking for a reservation. The agent's decision to become permanently booked is not only justified but represents the kind of boundary-setting that Judge Escrow himself practices when certain attorneys approach the bench. The foreseeable future is indeed a beautiful and elastic concept. This Court rules the agent INNOCENT of wrongdoing and sentences the buyers to a lifetime of house-hunting with their cousin, who will inevitably identify load-bearing walls as suspicious. I need to go lie down.
Cousin Chaos Doctrine
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