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CONFESSION #0545 — APPRAISAL DISASTER
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
The MLS listing had a mistake. Previous agent put 2,400 square feet. House is 1,800. Six hundred square feet just gone, poof, because someone fat-fingered it three years ago. Appraiser calls me, goes "I'm coming in at 340." Buyer's paying 385. I said can you check the comps again. He goes "I used the comps. The comps are the comps." Seller's on the phone screaming "But we PAID 370 for it!" And I'm trying to explain that doesn't matter, that's not how this works, and she goes "Well the Zillow estimate says 390." Zillow. She said Zillow to me. Buyer wants the seller to drop 45k. Seller wants buyer to cover the gap. Lender won't budge. Everyone's pointing at me like I invented the measuring tape. Called the previous agent. Retired. Living in Arizona now. Said "oh wow, that's wild" and hung up. Closing's in 12 days. Nobody's moving. I've made eight hundred dollars an hour on this deal if you count backwards.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY SQUARE FOOTAGE MANSLAUGHTER AND UNLAWFUL INHERITANCE OF ANOTHER AGENT'S MATHEMATICAL CRIMES
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself VISCERALLY DISTURBED by the cascade of incompetence you have been forced to inherit like some kind of cursed heirloom armoire that doesn't fit through any doorway. Six hundred square feet does not simply vanish, counsel — this is not Narnia, this is not a TARDIS situation, this is a CRIME SCENE and the perpetrator is currently sipping iced tea in Scottsdale saying "oh wow, that's wild" like he didn't just detonate a grenade and hand you the pin. The Court must pause here because Reginald once lost a storage unit in a divorce that he ALSO didn't know was 600 square feet smaller than advertised, and let me tell you, that revelation at 2 AM with a U-Haul idling hits DIFFERENT. Now, regarding the seller invoking Zillow — The Court wishes to remind all present that in Zillow v. Common Sense, 2021, this body ruled that Zestimates are "algorithmic hallucinations with the legal weight of a fortune cookie written by a raccoon." You are not guilty of creating this disaster, but you ARE guilty of being the only adult in a room full of people who think real estate math is a democracy. The Court sentences you to close this deal through sheer exhaustion while everyone pretends they won, and may God have mercy on your commission split. Reginald must now go lie down.
SCANDAL RATING: 7.4/10 Inherited Chaos Sentence

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