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CONFESSION #0472 — LOWBALL OFFER
Thursday, April 23, 2026
The HOA sent a letter. That's how this whole thing started. My buyer wanted the house, cute little townhouse, listed at 285. They come in at 240 because the HOA letter mentioned a special assessment coming, roof repairs, like 8 grand per unit. So I'm thinking okay, we have leverage here.
Except I didn't actually read the full letter. Just skimmed it. The assessment was already paid by the seller. It said that right there on page two. Seller's agent calls me, and she's not even mad, she's just confused. She's like, did you read the whole thing? And I had to just... sit there.
My buyers lost the house. Someone else came in at 279 the next day. Clean offer. My people are furious, think the seller was lying to them, and I can't exactly explain that no, actually, your agent just didn't finish reading a two-page document.
I still have the letter in my car.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN THE SECOND PAGE, WILLFUL ILLITERACY WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
The Court is APOPLECTIC. You had a TWO-PAGE DOCUMENT, counsel. TWO PAGES. That is not a novel. That is not War and Peace. That is barely a pamphlet. Reginald once read the entire terms and conditions for a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon because he respects THE WRITTEN WORD, and you could not be bothered to flip ONE SHEET OF PAPER that would have revealed your entire negotiating position was built on a foundation of absolutely nothing. Your buyers lost a home at 279 because you decided page two was optional, like some kind of literary anarchist. And NOW — NOW — you keep the letter in your car like a confession sitting in your cupholder, haunting you every time you reach for your iced coffee, which is EXACTLY the kind of self-imposed psychological torment The Court finds appropriate but insufficient. I once had a client who refused to read the HOA bylaws and ended up in a blood feud with a retired orthodontist over a flagpole, and even HE finished the documents eventually. The seller's agent was not even angry, she was CONFUSED, which is somehow worse because it means she expected basic competence from you and had to recalibrate her entire understanding of your profession in real time.
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