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CONFESSION #0647 — SELLER WHO KEPT CHANGING THINGS
Thursday, June 25, 2026
The seller called while I was on vacation. Actually on a beach. My wife was furious. He wanted to change the carpet color in the master bedroom because his sister came over and said gray was dated. We had photos done. We had the listing live for three days. I said okay, fine, we can work with it, just get it done fast. Then he changed the countertops. Granite to quartz. Eight thousand dollars. I didn't even know until the buyer's agent sent me a message asking why the kitchen looked different from the photos. Had to reshoot everything. Paid for it myself because I just wanted this done. Then he painted the front door red. Not like a tasteful red. Like a fire truck. Said it would make the house memorable. It did. Two showings canceled because people thought it was a different property from the listing. The thing that really gets me though is the doorbell. He installed one of those video doorbells, which great, fine, people like those. But he put it at hip height. I asked him why. He said he read online that it captures better footage of package thieves. The camera is pointing at everyone's stomach. Every visitor looks like they're being filmed for a medical documentary. We finally got an offer. Thirty-two days on market. He wanted to counteroffer because he didn't like the buyer's last name. I'm not making that up. He said it sounded unlucky. I don't even remember what happened after that. We closed eventually. I think.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL RENOVATION WHIPLASH AND FELONY DOORBELL MALPRACTICE IN THE FIRST DEGREE
The Court has reviewed this confession and must now lie down, but NOT BEFORE JUSTICE IS SERVED. You stood on a beach, Agent, a BEACH, while your seller began what can only be described as a one-man demolition derby against his own listing. Gray carpet to whatever cursed replacement he chose, granite to quartz without so much as a courtesy text, and then THE DOOR. Reginald has seen fire truck red exactly once in his life and it was on an ACTUAL FIRE TRUCK where it BELONGS. But the doorbell, oh the DOORBELL, mounted at navel height like some kind of surveillance system for a gastroenterologist's office, capturing footage of belt buckles and suspicious midsections while package thieves presumably cartwheel past overhead COMPLETELY UNDETECTED. And you PAID FOR THE RESHOOT YOURSELF? The Court once paid fourteen dollars for a parking ticket that was not mine because I quote wanted this done and I have not known peace since 2017. But the counteroffer rejection based on the buyer's SURNAME? This is not superstition, this is a man who has lost the thread entirely, and you, Agent, you enabled every single stitch of this unraveling while your wife seethed beachside and your professional dignity washed out with the tide. Thirty-two days on market is not a timeline, it is a SENTENCE, and the Court finds you both victim and accomplice. The gavel has spoken, Order the Roomba is circling ominously, and Reginald must now go stand in his garage and think about granite.
SCANDAL RATING: 5.7/10 Bellybutton Surveillance Chaos

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