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CONFESSION #0560 — THE LISTING THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Monday, May 25, 2026
She called on a Sunday. Said she wanted to list her mother's house, mother just passed, needed it gone fast. I said okay, let's get you on the market in two weeks. That was fourteen months ago.
First we couldn't list because she found old photos in a closet and needed time. Then we listed and she rejected three offers because the buyers seemed like they wouldn't appreciate the garden. Then we delisted because her brother wanted to contest the will. Then the brother died. Then she wanted to relist but only if I promised not to show it on Tuesdays because that was her mother's bridge night. I said fine. We got an offer at twelve thousand over asking and she turned it down because the buyer's agent had a typo in the email.
Last week she asked if I thought the house was cursed. I said no. She said good, because she's thinking of moving in.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL ENABLING OF GRIEF-BASED REAL ESTATE HOSTAGE SYNDROME IN THE FIRST DEGREE
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL with recognition. Fourteen months. FOURTEEN MONTHS of emotional hostage negotiation disguised as a listing agreement. You rejected an offer twelve thousand over asking because of a TYPO? Reginald once dismissed a contractor's bid because he spelled "granite" with two T's, and even I recognize that was unhinged behavior that cost me a perfectly good kitchen island. This woman has turned her mother's home into a psychological escape room and you just kept handing her new locks. The brother DIED and somehow this became a subplot rather than a turning point. You enabled every single detour on this grief highway, including the Tuesday bridge night clause, which The Court must note is not legally enforceable and also DEEPLY CONCERNING. And now she wants to move in? Of course she does. You have allowed this property to become a monument to unprocessed emotion, and you, agent, are the curator. The house is not cursed but your commission certainly is. ORDER IN THE COURT, this Roomba is getting too close to my robes.
Therapeutic Malpractice Adjacent
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