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CONFESSION #0583 — NEIGHBOR SABOTAGE
Monday, June 1, 2026
Her husband got involved. That's when it all went sideways. The sellers had this neighbor, older guy, kept calling code enforcement on them for years. Fence height, RV parking, you name it. So the sellers, before listing, they put up this massive shed right on the property line. Legal, but barely. Blocked the neighbor's kitchen window completely.
My job was to sell the house, not litigate a feud. But the husband, he asks me to take photos of the shed from specific angles for the listing. Make it look bigger than it is. He wanted the neighbor to see it online and stew.
I did it. Took maybe twelve photos from low angles, made this eight-by-ten shed look like a barn. Posted them all.
Buyer's agent calls me two weeks later, furious. Her clients thought they were getting serious storage. Showed up to the walkthrough expecting a workshop.
We had to credit them three grand at closing. The sellers blamed me. Which, I mean. They're not wrong.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATION IN SERVICE OF NEIGHBORLY WARFARE AND SHED-BASED EMOTIONAL TERRORISM
The Court has reviewed the evidence and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL at the audacity on display here. You weaponized camera angles, turning an eight-by-ten shed into what buyers presumably expected to be a small aircraft hangar, all because some husband wanted to psychologically torture a retiree through Zillow listings. This is not real estate photography, this is PROPAGANDA. Reginald himself once had a neighbor who complained about his lawn flamingos, and you know what I did? I added MORE flamingos. I did NOT commission a photography studio to make my flamingos appear to be a flock capable of blocking out the sun. The precedent set in Low Angle Larry v. The MLS Board of Ethics, 2019 is CLEAR on this matter: thou shalt not Dutch-angle thy outbuildings for purposes of spite. You turned a listing into a weapon of suburban warfare and the buyers became collateral damage, showing up expecting a workshop and finding what amounts to a large garden closet with delusions of grandeur. Three thousand dollars in credits, your reputation in tatters, and for what? So some guy could imagine his neighbor weeping into his morning coffee while scrolling Redfin? The Court finds this REPREHENSIBLE and also kind of impressive from a pure pettiness standpoint, but mostly reprehensible. ORDER IN THE COURT, Order the Roomba is beeping, Reginald must adjourn immediately.
Spite Shed Cinematography
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