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CONFESSION #0536 — THE BUYER WHO NEVER BOUGHT
Sunday, May 17, 2026
We were three days from closing. Three days. He'd already done the inspection, negotiated repairs, we got the seller to throw in the washer dryer, everything's signed except the final paperwork. He calls me at 9pm and says "I think I want to keep looking." I said what do you mean keep looking, you're buying a house in three days. "I just feel like maybe there's something better." This man had been looking for fourteen months. Fourteen. I showed him over 60 houses. He made offers on two others before this one and both times the sellers went with someone else because he kept asking for extensions. I said you're going to lose your earnest money. "How much was that again?" Twelve thousand dollars. "Oh." Long pause. "Yeah I think I still want to keep looking." Never heard from him after that. His sister called me six months later asking if I could help her find a condo and I just said I'm not taking new clients right now.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED CLIENT ABANDONMENT AND WILLFUL SISTER EMBARGO IN THE FIRST DEGREE
The Court has reviewed this confession and frankly Reginald needs a moment because FOURTEEN MONTHS and SIXTY HOUSES and this man calls you at 9pm like he is ordering a pizza he has decided he no longer wants. Let the record show that in Zillow v. Common Sense, 2021, this Court established that any buyer who ghosts after forfeiting twelve thousand dollars in earnest money has legally ceased to exist as a person deserving of professional courtesy. The sister call six months later is what we in the legal community refer to as AUDACITY WITH PREMEDITATION, and your refusal to take her on as a client is not only justified but should be taught in real estate schools as a case study in boundary enforcement. I myself once spent eleven months helping my cousin Gerald find the perfect recliner and when he finally said "I think I want something with more lumbar support" I did not speak to him for two Thanksgivings and The Court regrets nothing. Your confession reveals no sin except perhaps excessive patience, and this Court hereby sentences the absent buyer to a lifetime of Zillow scrolling and never finding anything as good as what he walked away from. Order the Roomba is beeping which means Reginald must adjourn immediately to address a jurisdiction dispute in the kitchen.
SCANDAL RATING: 2.4/10 JUSTIFIED GHOSTING

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