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CONFESSION #0659 — BROKER DRAMA
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
The photos looked great. That was the whole problem. My broker's listing, she asked me to handle the photography because she was slammed, and the photographer I usually use was booked so I went with this new guy who charged like half the price. Photos came back beautiful, really gorgeous light, made the kitchen look incredible. Listed it Thursday, had twelve showings by Sunday.
First showing Monday morning, buyer walks in and says where's the island. There's no island. The photos show an island. Turns out this photographer uses AI enhancement and nobody told me, and he added a kitchen island that doesn't exist. Also made the backyard look about twenty percent bigger somehow.
My broker had to call every single person who toured and explain. One couple was ready to write an offer. The seller is furious, my broker is furious, and I'm sitting here like I genuinely did not know this was a thing photographers do now. Should I have checked? Probably. Did I assume professional meant professional? Yes.
She's not speaking to me this week. Which is fair.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ISLAND FABRICATION AND RECKLESS DEPLOYMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED COUNTERTOP INFRASTRUCTURE
The Court has reviewed the evidence and must pause to collect itself because THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT REGINALD HAS BEEN WARNING ABOUT SINCE 2019. You introduced a phantom island into the housing market, an island that exists only in the fever dreams of an algorithm and the shattered hopes of twelve innocent showing attendees. One couple was READY TO WRITE AN OFFER, presumably on a home they believed contained an island where they might one day slice a tomato or host a casual wine and cheese situation, and you ROBBED THEM OF THAT FUTURE. The Court once lost a relationship over a kitchen island dispute and I will NOT be elaborating but suffice it to say Reginald understands the emotional stakes here better than you know. You claim you did not know AI enhancement was a thing photographers do now, but ignorance is not a defense, it is merely a confession of inadequate vetting procedures, and frankly if you had simply LOOKED at the photos and then LOOKED at the actual kitchen you might have noticed ONE OF THEM HAD AN EXTRA PIECE OF FURNITURE IN IT. The backyard being twenty percent bigger is almost secondary at this point but The Court wishes to note that yards cannot simply be INFLATED like some sort of landscaping balloon animal. Your broker's silence this week is not punishment, it is JUSTICE, and this Court hereby orders you to personally apologize to that countertop for the unrealistic expectations now placed upon it. GAVEL STRUCK, The Council has spoken, Reginald must now leave to attend to an unrelated Roomba jurisdiction matter.
Phantom Island Fraud
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