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CONFESSION #0596 — WRONG ADDRESS
Saturday, June 6, 2026
The seller changed her mind. About the address. After closing.
Monday: keys handed over. Tuesday: buyer calls me screaming. Wednesday: I drive out there.
The house we toured was 412 Maple. The house we closed on was 414 Maple. Same color siding. Same black mailbox. Different house.
Seller owned both. Rental next door she forgot about. Or didn't forget. Depends who you ask.
Title company caught nothing. I caught nothing. Buyer walked through 412 three times, signed papers for 414.
Thursday: lawyers involved. Friday: more lawyers. The purchase price was $380,000. The house they actually bought appraised at $290,000.
Seller keeps saying she told someone. Can't remember who. Can't remember when.
My broker asked how this happens. I said I don't know. I still don't know.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CARTOGRAPHIC MALPRACTICE IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH AGGRAVATED NUMERICAL NEGLIGENCE
The Court has reviewed this confession no fewer than six times, and each reading has caused Reginald to develop a new facial tic. You walked a buyer through a property THREE TIMES and never once thought to glance at the numbers on the house? The numbers, counsel. THE NUMBERS THAT EXIST SPECIFICALLY TO PREVENT THIS EXACT SCENARIO. This Court once dismissed a case against a golden retriever for eating a purchase agreement because at least the dog had the excuse of being a dog, but you, a licensed professional with presumably functional eyeballs, managed to close on an entirely different structure while everyone involved apparently operated on the honor system. The seller owned both and forgot which one she was selling? The Court forgot where it parked once at a Costco, but that Costco was not worth THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. And the title company caught nothing because title companies, as established in Escrow v. The Concept of Due Diligence (2022), exist primarily to collect fees and provide refreshments. Your broker asked how this happens and you said you dont know, but The Court knows exactly how this happens: it happens when an entire industry decides that actually looking at things is optional. Reginald hereby sentences you to tattoo the words CHECK THE ADDRESS on your dominant hand, and this Court is adjourned because I need to go verify that my own house is in fact my house.
Wrong House Wholesaler
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