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CONFESSION #0412 — MARKET WHIPLASH
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Her attorney got involved. Not because of the contract, not because of the inspection, but because her offer got beat by 200 thousand dollars in 36 hours and she was convinced (and I mean fully, completely convinced) that I had somehow tipped off the other agent, which I didn't, I would never, but also how would I even do that, the house was listed for 8 days and got 12 offers and hers was the fourth one in and I told her, I said from the start this is going to be competitive, you need to come in strong, and she came in at asking which in this market is basically a polite suggestion, and then the seller took an all-cash offer from some LLC based in Delaware and suddenly I'm getting a cease and desist letter about fiduciary duty from a guy whose email signature has a quote from Sun Tzu, and the whole time I'm thinking about how three months ago I couldn't get a showing on a Tuesday for any amount of money and now I've got attorneys sending me PDFs at 11pm because someone lost a bidding war they were never going to win and I still haven't been paid on this and probably never will be and she's already looking at condos in Phoenix, found a new agent there, blocked my number
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MARKET REALITY DELIVERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH AGGRAVATED TRUTH-TELLING
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself DEEPLY MOVED by the sheer audacity of a buyer who treated a multiple-offer situation like a casual suggestion box at a frozen yogurt establishment. Let Reginald be crystal clear: coming in at asking price in this market is not an offer, it is a HAIKU about wishful thinking, and this Court has seen more aggressive negotiation tactics from my nephew trying to extend his bedtime. The Sun Tzu email signature attorney can take his Art of War quotations and apply them to something he might actually win, like a dispute over a parking space at Panera. I myself once received a cease and desist letter from a homeowners association for what they called excessive judicial presence at the community mailbox, and I can tell you from experience that these letters mean NOTHING when the underlying complaint is simply being mad about losing. The Delaware LLC took this house fair and square because cash is king and your buyer showed up to a knife fight with a heartfelt letter about how much she loved the original crown molding. You are guilty only of telling the truth to someone who had already decided the truth was a conspiracy, and The Court hereby sentences her Phoenix agent to the same inevitable disappointment. CASE DISMISSED, and Reginald must now go feed Order because the Roomba gets agitated when court runs long.
SCANDAL RATING: 3.2/10 Sun Tzu Got Served

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