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CONFESSION #0500 — OPEN HOUSE HORROR
Monday, May 4, 2026
Closing was at 2pm. The buyers were already there, the title company had everything ready, and my seller calls me panicking because she left a whole storage unit worth of stuff in the garage. Not boxes. Furniture. A treadmill. One of those massive chest freezers that weighs like 400 pounds. She was supposed to clear it out the week before and just... didn't. Kept saying she'd get to it. The contract was clear, property delivered empty, and here we are three hours before close with what looks like a yard sale in there.
I should have verified. That's my job. I drove by the day before and didn't even open the garage door because she told me it was handled. Just took her word.
The buyers wanted a $2,000 credit to haul everything themselves. My seller argued for twenty minutes about how the freezer alone was worth $800 like that was relevant. Like they wanted her freezer. We settled at $1,500 and everyone was mad at me specifically, which honestly, fair.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF NEGLIGENT GARAGE ABANDONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH AGGRAVATED TREADMILL CONCEALMENT
The Court is APOPLECTIC. You drove by the property and did not open the garage door. You simply BELIEVED a seller who had already demonstrated a troubling relationship with deadlines. This is not real estate, this is faith-based property transfer, and Reginald does not preside over a CHURCH. The freezer argument is particularly galling to this Court because I once had a client try to claim a broken hot tub added value to a property and I had to excuse myself to scream into a throw pillow for eleven minutes. Your seller wanted credit for abandoning an appliance that requires a FORKLIFT and a DIVORCED UNCLE to move, as if the buyers should be GRATEFUL for inheriting her procrastination. The fact that everyone was mad at you specifically is the only evidence of functioning judgment in this entire transaction. As established in Garage Debris v. Professional Standards, 2019, the phrase "she told me it was handled" has never once in recorded history preceded good news. You took a verbal confirmation about an empty garage the way I once took my ex-wife's word that she was "fine" and we all know how THAT turned out. The Court finds you guilty but notes your punishment is already complete because you have to live with the knowledge that somewhere out there is a chest freezer that will haunt your professional reputation forever.
FROZEN ACCOUNTABILITY FAILURE
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