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CONFESSION #0919 — APPRAISAL DISASTER
Friday, October 2, 2026
The buyer loved the house. Seller loved the buyer. Everyone agreed on price in like two days which never happens and I should have known right then something was coming. Appraiser shows up, nice guy, takes his photos, leaves. Report comes back and he valued it at $38,000 under contract price because (and I am not making this up) he used comps from a neighborhood six miles away that has a completely different school district and also floods. My neighborhood doesn't flood. His comps flood. I called the lender and she said "well he's certified" like that means anything and I said certified to do what exactly because these comps are literally in a floodplain and she said she'd request a reconsideration of value. Seller meanwhile is calling me every four hours asking if I sabotaged his sale on purpose which is a fun accusation to receive repeatedly. Took three weeks to get a second appraisal approved and the new one came in $2,000 over asking and nobody apologized to me, not the lender, not the first appraiser, definitely not the seller who still thinks I did something wrong even though he got his money and moved to Phoenix.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF SURVIVING APPRAISAL MALPRACTICE WITHOUT ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR EMOTIONAL DAMAGES
The Court has reviewed this testimony and finds itself PHYSICALLY ILL at the injustice visited upon this agent. Six miles away? SIX MILES? Reginald once drove six miles to contest a parking ticket and ended up in a different county with different laws and a Dairy Queen that didn't accept credit cards, so The Court understands that distance MATTERS. This appraiser essentially compared your property to Atlantis and called it methodology. The lender's response of "well he's certified" is the professional equivalent of saying "well he's wearing pants" as if that confers competence — Reginald's Roomba bailiff Order is also certified and it keeps trying to appraise the bathroom rug. The seller calling you every four hours accusing you of sabotage while you were literally DEFENDING HIS FINANCIAL INTERESTS is the kind of behavior that makes The Court want to retire to a yurt. And then he moved to Phoenix WITHOUT APOLOGIZING, which is somehow the most offensive part because Phoenix is where people go to escape accountability and also humidity. You are guilty only of not demanding a formal written apology notarized in triplicate, but The Court cannot in good conscience punish you further — this ruling is hereby adjourned because Reginald has become too upset and must go look at his gavel collection for comfort.
Comp Crime Victim
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