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CONFESSION #0511 — THE LISTING THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Friday, May 8, 2026
The deal had been dead for a week before I found out. Buyer's agent just... didn't tell me. Said she forgot. Forgot. Like it slipped her mind that her client walked away from a 400k purchase. Meanwhile I'm calling my seller every other day saying yeah, we're still on track, inspection went fine, should close by the 15th. The house has been listed for eight months now. Eight. We've had maybe 12 showings total. Three offers, all fell through. First buyer couldn't get financing, which honestly I should have caught earlier but the pre-approval letter looked legitimate. Second buyer wanted us to replace the entire HVAC system before closing, and my seller said no, and then said yes, and then said no again because his brother told him it was a bad deal. His brother sells insurance. The septic failed inspection twice. Cost 6,000 to fix the first time and then the county came back and said the lateral lines were wrong. Another 3,000. My seller keeps asking me why the house won't sell and I want to say because you painted the living room that yellow, the one that looks like nicotine stains, but instead I tell him the market's slow. Last week a showing got cancelled because the lockbox battery died and nobody could get in. The buyers drove 45 minutes. My seller texted me yesterday asking if we should raise the price because homes in the area are appreciating. We've already dropped it twice.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL MARKET OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING YELLOW
The Court has reviewed this confession and must now lie down on the floor of this courtroom for several minutes. You have a buyer's agent who FORGOT a deal died like it was a dental cleaning, a septic system that has failed more times than Reginald's first marriage, and a seller whose brother, A MAN WHO SELLS INSURANCE, is now apparently running your negotiation strategy. The Court once had a brother-in-law who sold insurance and he convinced me to buy a boat I could not afford and now it sits in a storage unit in Rancho Cucamonga, so I UNDERSTAND the devastation of unsolicited sibling advice. But YOU, you sat there telling this man the market is slow when the market is not slow, the HOUSE is slow, because it looks like the inside of a 1970s airport smoking lounge and the septic system has the structural integrity of a campaign promise. You watched that lockbox battery die like you were attending its funeral, and those buyers drove FORTY-FIVE MINUTES only to stand in a driveway and contemplate the meaninglessness of existence. And now, NOW, this man wants to RAISE THE PRICE, and instead of grabbing him by the shoulders and saying SIR YOUR LATERAL LINES ARE WRONG AND YOUR PAINT CHOICES ARE A CRY FOR HELP, you will nod and say something about comparable sales. The Court finds you guilty and sentences you to personally repaint that living room in a color that does not suggest decades of unfiltered Camels. Reginald must now go call his storage unit.
SCANDAL RATING: 5.8/10 Nicotine Beige Negligence

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