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CONFESSION #0636 — SOCIAL MEDIA BACKFIRE
Monday, June 22, 2026
The buyers came back for a third showing. Nice couple, early thirties, been looking for months. They loved the house. Put in an offer that night, full ask, clean terms. Done deal, right.
Then the listing agent calls me Monday morning. "We have a problem."
Turns out I'd posted a reel of the kitchen three weeks earlier. Standard stuff, the marble counters, the light coming through those big windows. Caption was something like "Sunday morning coffee goals" with the address.
Some guy in the comments wrote "my buddy rented this place in 2019, said the basement flooded twice that winter."
The buyers saw it. Their dad saw it. Their dad's contractor friend saw it.
Seller swears it was a one-time thing, fixed the drainage, has the receipts. Doesn't matter. Buyers walked.
Six hundred and twelve thousand dollars. Gone because I wanted twelve more likes on a video of a kitchen island.
The seller's not speaking to me. Which, I mean. Fair.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SOCIAL MEDIA VANITY RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC DEAL COLLAPSE AND COMMENT SECTION NEGLIGENCE
The Court is APOPLECTIC. You posted a REEL, counselor. A REEL. For what? For TWELVE LIKES? Reginald once lost a case because opposing counsel found a photo of him at a Chili's when he claimed to be "indisposed with judicial matters," so The Court understands the treachery of digital evidence, but THIS — this is self-inflicted chaos of the highest order. You created a PUBLIC FORUM beneath your own content and then ABANDONED IT like a child leaving a hamster cage open at a petting zoo. Some guy named probably Derek or Kyle just WANDERED IN with basement flood intelligence and you were too busy counting your pathetic engagement metrics to notice the reconnaissance mission happening in your own comments. The dad saw it. The dad's CONTRACTOR FRIEND saw it. There is now a GROUP CHAT dedicated to your professional humiliation, and The Court hopes they add you to it. Six hundred and twelve thousand dollars, gone, evaporated, VAPORIZED because you thought a marble countertop needed its moment in the sun. As established in TikTok v. Due Diligence (2022), "he who posts the reel must also moderate the reel," and you have FAILED this sacred duty. The seller's silence is a mercy you do not deserve. The Court must now go lie down because this level of preventable tragedy has activated Reginald's sciatica.
Reel Estate Malpractice
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