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CONFESSION #0861 — REAL ESTATE SCHOOL VS. REALITY
Friday, September 11, 2026
The MLS listing had a mistake. Not my listing, I was the buyer's agent, but the square footage was wrong by like 800 feet and my clients didn't notice until after closing when they went to get insurance and the adjuster measured and now they're calling me asking what they can do (which is basically nothing at this point) and I keep trying to explain that I'm not the one who entered the data, the listing agent pulled it from tax records which were wrong because someone finished a basement in 1987 and never permitted it so technically that square footage doesn't even exist according to the county. They paid $340,000 for what they thought was 2,400 square feet and it's actually 1,600 of legal space and 800 of basement that might have mold behind the drywall because whoever finished it didn't put in a vapor barrier. In school they taught us to verify everything independently but nobody explained that you'd need to bring a tape measure to 12 showings a week while also answering texts from three other clients who want to lowball on properties they haven't even seen yet. The husband keeps asking if they can sue somebody and I want to say yes, sue the guy who did unpermitted work 35 years ago, good luck finding him.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH AGGRAVATED FAILURE TO DEPLOY A TAPE MEASURE
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL at the cascade of professional abdication on display. You stand before Reginald claiming innocence because the LISTING AGENT pulled bad data from tax records, as if you are some sort of helpless bystander in a transaction where YOUR CLIENTS paid three hundred and forty thousand American dollars for what is essentially 1,600 square feet of legal residence and 800 square feet of MOLD SPECULATION wrapped in unpermitted drywall. In the landmark case of Zillow v. Actually Walking Around With Your Eyes Open (2019), this Court established that buyer's agents cannot simply accept square footage from tax records compiled by a county assessor who last visited the property when Ronald Reagan was explaining trickle-down economics. You mention they taught you to verify everything independently in school and then IMMEDIATELY confess you ignore this because you are too busy answering texts from clients who want to lowball on properties they have not seen, which is not a defense but rather ADDITIONAL CRIMES. The Court itself once measured a property with a laser device and discovered an entire room the seller had forgotten existed, which is why Reginald always carries measuring equipment and also why Reginald is no longer welcome at certain open houses in the greater metropolitan area. Your clients cannot sue the phantom basement finisher of 1987, they cannot meaningfully sue the listing agent whose errors you failed to catch, and they will instead simply live in their smaller moldy home while you field their increasingly desperate phone calls. This Court finds you GUILTY and sentences you to measure every property you show for the next calendar year while explaining out loud to your clients that this is what accountability looks like.
SCANDAL RATING: 7.4/10 Basement of Lies

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