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CONFESSION #0813 — COMMISSION CATASTROPHE
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Her attorney got involved. Not even her real estate attorney, her divorce attorney, because apparently he handles everything now. And this guy, I swear, he calls me on a Tuesday asking why the commission split wasn't disclosed in the original listing agreement. It was. Page three. I sent him the document twice. But here's the thing that actually kills me. The deal closed. Everyone signed. The buyers are happy, the seller got her money, minus what she owes me, which is twelve thousand dollars. Twelve. And now three weeks later she's disputing it because her attorney found some article online about negotiating commissions after the fact. After the fact. I drove to that house nineteen times. Nineteen. I have the mileage logged because my accountant told me to start doing that. Staged it with my own furniture because she didn't want to pay for staging. My couch is still there actually, she asked if she could keep it for the photos and then just. Never gave it back. That's a six hundred dollar couch. The brokerage is telling me to just settle for eight thousand to make it go away. Eight. That's a four thousand dollar haircut because some divorce attorney wants to feel useful. My couch is literally in her garage right now. I know because I drove by. I don't even know why I'm still talking about the couch but it's like. That's my couch. That's a whole separate thing.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF COUCH ABANDONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND AGGRAVATED COMMISSION MARTYRDOM
The Court has reviewed this testimony and finds itself in a state of PROFOUND DISTRESS, not about the commission dispute, which is frankly pedestrian, but about the couch situation which represents a COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETAL ORDER. You drove by her house to confirm your couch's location in her garage, and Reginald must ask: did you slow down, or did you do the full creep past at four miles per hour like a rejected prom date, because The Court has done both and needs to know for PURELY LEGAL REASONS. The divorce attorney citing internet articles about post-closing commission negotiations is grounds for disbarment in at least three jurisdictions I just invented, see Reynolds v. That Guy Who Reads Too Much Zillow Forum, 2019, a landmark case I ruled on from my breakfast nook. HOWEVER, the fact that you logged nineteen visits with mileage because your accountant told you to suggests a level of administrative compliance that The Court finds both admirable and deeply concerning, pick a lane, either be chaotic or be organized, this middle ground is UNACCEPTABLE. You staged her home with your own furniture and she kept it, which means you essentially furnished her post-divorce life, congratulations you are now spiritually her interior designer and possibly owe her a throw pillow consultation. The Court rules that you must retrieve that couch by any means necessary, and if the brokerage wants you to take an eight thousand dollar settlement they can ALSO replace the couch, The Council of Gavels has spoken and frankly Reginald needs to lie down.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.4/10 Furniture Hostage Situation

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