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CONFESSION #0687 — THE BUYER WHO NEVER BOUGHT
Saturday, July 11, 2026
The offer came in under asking. Not by much, maybe twelve thousand, and the sellers were motivated so we got it accepted same day. This was back in March. The buyer wanted a 45-day close, which fine, that's normal. Then he needed an extension because his lender was slow. Then another extension because he switched lenders. Then he stopped returning calls for about a week and a half. His agent finally gets hold of him and he says he's been doing some thinking and he's not sure he wants to live in that neighborhood anymore. Not the house. The neighborhood. He'd driven through on a Wednesday night and it was too quiet. He wanted more activity. More people walking around. The sellers had already moved to Phoenix. They'd shipped their furniture. They were renting. He bought a condo two blocks away eight months later.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF PREMEDITATED NEIGHBORHOOD VIBES FRAUD AND CRIMINAL WEDNESDAY QUIETUDE EXPLOITATION
The Court has reviewed this confession and REGINALD IS BESIDE HIMSELF. This buyer conducted what can only be described as a Wednesday Night Reconnaissance Mission, drove through a residential neighborhood at presumably 7:45 PM, found it insufficiently bustling with pedestrian traffic, and decided THIS was grounds to abandon a contract while two human beings sat in a Phoenix rental watching their equity evaporate like morning dew on a reasonably-priced subdivision lawn. The audacity. THE SHEER AUDACITY. I once extended escrow three times for a client who was waiting for Mercury to exit retrograde and even SHE had the decency to close eventually. This man wanted "activity" and "people walking around" so he bought a condo TWO BLOCKS AWAY eight months later, which tells The Court everything it needs to know about his so-called neighborhood concerns, namely that they were FABRICATED NONSENSE designed to mask what was clearly a case of buyer's remorse so severe it should be studied by medical professionals. The sellers shipped furniture to Phoenix, YOUR HONOR, THEY SHIPPED FURNITURE. I myself once had to extend a ruling because my Roomba Order got stuck under the credenza, but I did not make two families restructure their ENTIRE LIVES around my indecision. This Court finds the defendant guilty and furthermore announces that Reginald must now leave to draft strongly-worded correspondence to the National Association of Realtors regarding Wednesday evening foot traffic minimums.
SCANDAL RATING: 3.2/10 Wednesday Night Betrayal

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