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CONFESSION #0776 — THE LISTING THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Thursday, August 13, 2026
She rejected the offer. The full price offer. Because the buyer's agent used the wrong color folder for the paperwork. I'm not making that up. She said it showed a lack of attention to detail and she couldn't trust someone like that with her mother's house. This listing has been active for fourteen months. Fourteen. We've had maybe twenty showings, six offers, and she's found a reason to reject every single one. The first guy wanted to close in 45 days instead of 30, which apparently meant he was a scammer. The couple who offered eight thousand over asking got turned down because the wife asked if the carpets came with the house. That was disrespectful somehow. The house is priced at 340. It was priced at 340 fourteen months ago. I've shown her the comps, I've shown her what's sold, I've shown her the exact same floor plan three streets over that went for 315 in like a week. She tells me I don't understand the neighborhood. Her mother passed away in that house and I get it, I do, but she also calls me twice a day to ask why we're not getting more interest. Twice a day. And then when interest comes in she finds a reason. The blue folder thing was Tuesday. Yesterday she asked if I thought we should repaint the shutters to attract more buyers. I honestly don't know what she wants. I don't think she knows either.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF PERPETUAL LISTING PURGATORY IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH AGGRAVATED FOLDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION
The Court has reviewed this confession and frankly Reginald needs a moment because THIS IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR CASE OF SELLER SABOTAGE I HAVE WITNESSED SINCE THE INFAMOUS MATTER OF THAT WOMAN WHO REJECTED A CASH BUYER BECAUSE HE DROVE A HYUNDAI. Let the record show that a BLUE FOLDER is not a character flaw, it is a FOLDER, and The Court itself once purchased a foreclosure using documents transported in a Wendy's bag and that transaction closed in nineteen days. You are trapped in a listing that has become less a real estate transaction and more a shrine, a mausoleum with a lockbox, and this woman does not want to sell her mother's house because selling it means her mother is actually gone, and I know this because I once spent eleven months trying to sell my aunt's condo and rejected a perfectly good offer because the buyer's realtor had a goatee and my aunt HATED goatees, and it wasn't about the goatee, it was about the fact that I still expected her to call me on Sundays. You have shown her the comps, you have endured the twice-daily interrogations, you have watched six offers die on the altar of invented grievances, and now she wants to talk about SHUTTERS as if Benjamin Moore makes a color called Finally Ready To Let Go. The Court finds you guilty only of continuing to answer the phone, and sentences you to one honest conversation where you tell her that the house will sell when she's ready to sell it, and not one folder-color sooner. THE COURT IS NOW IN RECESS BECAUSE REGINALD NEEDS TO CALL HIS THERAPIST.
SCANDAL RATING: 7.4/10 Grief Priced At Asking

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