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CONFESSION #0738 — CLIENT FROM HELL
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The inspector found something. Water damage in the basement, not terrible, maybe eight thousand to fix. Seller agrees to credit at closing. Buyer says great. We're two days out from signing, everything's lined up, and the buyer calls me at 11 pm to say she wants to back out because her friend told her basements are bad investments. Not the water damage. Basements. As a concept. I ask her to clarify and she says she doesn't want to own a home with a below-ground level because her friend's cousin had a basement flood once in a completely different state.
She'd already waived her contingency. Lost her earnest money, twelve thousand dollars. The sellers relisted and got fifteen thousand more from the next buyer.
She called me last month asking if I'd help her find a condo.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL FAILURE TO INTERVENE IN GEOLOGICAL DISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSORY TO BASEMENT DEFAMATION
The Court is BESIDE ITSELF with the architectural bigotry on display in this confession. This buyer abandoned a perfectly serviceable home because her friend's cousin, in what Reginald can only assume was a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CLIMATE ZONE, experienced moisture intrusion, and somehow this constitutes evidence against all subterranean construction everywhere. I once refused to buy a hat because my neighbor's dog looked at me funny, and even I recognize that was more logically sound than this. The agent stood by while twelve thousand dollars evaporated into the ether of irrational foundation phobia, a sum that could have purchased approximately four hundred linear feet of French drain or one very nice weekend in Scottsdale, which is where Reginald goes when he needs to remember what dry feels like. Per the landmark decision in Crawlspace v. Human Reason, 2019, basements are not investments, they are ROOMS, and this Court will not tolerate their slander. The fact that this buyer now seeks a condo, a dwelling that is essentially a STACK of rooms owned by strangers who ALSO have below-grade parking, suggests she has learned absolutely nothing. The sellers profited fifteen thousand dollars from her hysteria, which The Court finds to be the only justice served in this entire debacle. Reginald must now go consult with The Council about whether to issue a restraining order against this buyer on behalf of all foundations nationwide.
Subterranean Abandonment
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