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CONFESSION #0591 — SELLER WHO KEPT CHANGING THINGS
Thursday, June 4, 2026
There was a second lien nobody mentioned. Not by the seller, not in the prelim, nowhere. Found out three days before closing when title called me in a panic. Twelve thousand dollars to some contractor from 2019. And the seller, this guy who'd already changed the paint color twice after staging, who made us reshoot photos because he didn't like how the kitchen looked, who pulled out of the first buyer's offer because he "had a feeling" — he acts shocked. Says he forgot. Forgot twelve thousand dollars.
Here's what I did wrong. I should have pushed harder on the disclosure timeline. I let him delay it twice because he was "still gathering documents." I knew something was off. The way he kept shuffling papers around, asking weird questions about what buyers actually verify. I let it slide because the listing was already a nightmare and I just wanted momentum.
We closed eight days late. Buyer almost walked. My fault for not trusting my gut when he first started stalling on paperwork.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN THE FACE OF OBVIOUS SKULLDUGGERY AND WILLFUL IGNORANCE OF THE PAPER-SHUFFLING ARTS
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL at the phrase "still gathering documents." Gathering documents! GATHERING THEM! What was he gathering them INTO, a bonfire? A time capsule? The Court once dated someone who was "still gathering" their thoughts about our relationship for fourteen months and let me tell you, Reginald knew by week two that those thoughts were being gathered directly into the arms of a dental hygienist named Marcus. You saw this man shuffling papers like a three-card monte dealer on a subway platform, asking questions about "what buyers actually verify" — a question that has never once in human history been asked by an innocent person — and you chose MOMENTUM over VIGILANCE. The twelve thousand dollar lien was not forgotten, it was HIDDEN, and you were the security guard who heard glass breaking and assumed it was "probably just the wind." In the landmark case of Obviously Shady Seller v. Agent Who Wanted This To Be Over Already, 2022, the court ruled that "bad feelings in your gut are not decorative." This Court hereby sentences you to three months of demanding preliminary title reports before the listing ink is dry, and may God have mercy on your next escrow because Reginald certainly will not.
Momentum Over Vigilance
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