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CONFESSION #0840 — THE BUYER WHO NEVER BOUGHT
Friday, September 4, 2026
The HOA sent a letter. That's what killed the deal, after eight months of showings, eight months of this guy telling me he was serious, he was ready, he just needed to find the right place (and by right place I mean a three-bedroom under 400k in a school district that doesn't exist at that price point, but that's a separate issue). We finally get him under contract on this townhouse, nice place, updated kitchen, the whole thing, and the HOA sends a welcome packet that includes a newsletter from 2019 mentioning that someone's dog bit a mail carrier. Not even his unit. Not even his building. A dog that probably died of old age by now bit someone five years ago and he calls me at 11 PM saying he can't live somewhere with "a history of animal incidents" and I'm standing in my kitchen holding a beer I can't drink because I have a showing at 7 AM and he's asking if the inspection contingency covers this and I said no, that's not what that means, and he backed out and lost his earnest money, which was only 2k because I fought to get it that low, which means I basically worked for free since March, and the seller's agent won't return my calls now about other listings, so that's
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED CLIENT CODDLING AND CRIMINAL TOLERANCE OF CANINE HYSTERIA
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL at the sheer volume of nonsense you absorbed without judicial intervention. Eight months, EIGHT MONTHS, you entertained a man searching for a unicorn property in a fantasy school district, and when the universe finally handed you a contract, you let him flee because a NEWSLETTER from the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION mentioned a dog with boundary issues? This Court once ruled against a labradoodle for barking during a closing, but that animal was PRESENT and DISRUPTIVE, not a historical footnote in an HOA's archival materials! You fought to LOWER his earnest money, which Reginald must note is the real estate equivalent of bringing a pool noodle to a sword fight, and now you stand beerless in your kitchen at 11 PM listening to a grown man ask if inspection contingencies cover ghosts of canines past. The Court briefly lost its train of thought because this reminded me of my own HOA, which once sent me a letter about my lawn flamingos being "too aggressive in posture," and I will NEVER recover from that injustice. You worked for free since March because you refused to enforce boundaries, and now the sellers agent has ghosted you, which frankly The Court supports because you have demonstrated yourself to be a person who can be walked upon indefinitely without complaint. Reginald must adjourn immediately because Order the Roomba has just collided with the bench and requires attention.
Newsletter Casualty
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