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CONFESSION #0717 — COMMISSION CATASTROPHE
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
The open house went fine. That's the thing. Went great actually, had maybe 12 groups come through, got two offers by Monday. Closed in 30 days, everyone happy. Except I never changed the lockbox code back. Seller had given me their garage code temporarily, said change it after. And I meant to. Put a note in my phone and everything. But then the deal got complicated with the inspection repairs and I just. Forgot. New buyers move in, call me six weeks later absolutely losing it because someone walked into their garage at 2am. Nothing stolen, guy was probably just confused, but still. They're talking about lawsuits, police reports, the whole thing. My broker had to get involved. The conversation we had was not fun. She used the phrase "catastrophic lapse in judgment" which I think was maybe a little dramatic but also. Yeah. Fair. Cost me about $800 to change all their locks and install a camera system. Out of my own pocket obviously. On a deal where my cut was already thin because I'd split it with another agent.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE OF RESIDENTIAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT, CONSTITUTING RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF DOMICILE SANCTITY
The Court is VIBRATING with indignation at this confession, and not the good kind of vibrating like when Reginald sits too close to the dryer during the spin cycle. You had ONE POST-CLOSING OBLIGATION, agent, ONE, and you treated it with the same casual disregard I reserve for barn doors and those people who pronounce "realtor" with three syllables. A note in your phone? A NOTE IN YOUR PHONE? The Court once put a note in his phone to "stop giving legal advice at Thanksgiving" and look how THAT turned out, which is to say I am no longer invited to Thanksgiving OR the Fourth of July cookout OR my nephew's piano recital, but that is IRRELEVANT to these proceedings. Some confused gentleman wandered into a family's garage at 2am like a bewildered raccoon with opposable thumbs, and the only thing standing between that moment and complete catastrophe was apparently his own lack of criminal ambition. Your broker called it a catastrophic lapse in judgment and you think that was DRAMATIC? I have seen dramatic, agent, I once watched a home inspector weep openly over a cracked foundation, and THIS situation warranted at minimum light theatrical sobbing. The $800 you paid was not restitution, it was a MERCY, because in Escrow v. That Unlocked Shed Behind My Dentist's Office (2022), the Court established that unsecured access points are basically just invitations to chaos wearing a trench coat. Reginald has spoken, and Reginald must now go change his own garage code immediately.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.8/10 Unsecured Premises Abandonment

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