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CONFESSION #0924 — SELLER MELTDOWN
Monday, October 5, 2026
Her attorney got involved. Before we even had an offer. Because she wanted to sue the neighbor for having a trampoline visible from her backyard and she was convinced (convinced) that this was why we'd been on market for three weeks with only two showings. The trampoline. Not the fact that she'd priced at 890 when comps were at 820, not the fact that she refused to let me photograph the primary bathroom because she said the tile made it look dated (it is dated, that's the problem), not the fact that she canceled four showings because her dog gets anxious. The attorney sent me a letter asking for my professional opinion on whether the trampoline constituted a material impact on value and I had to write back something diplomatic when what I wanted to say was ma'am your house smells like wet retriever and you have a decorative sword collection in the dining room. We finally got an offer at 805 and she countered at 885 because she'd seen a Zillow estimate that morning. The buyers walked. Her attorney called me to discuss strategy. I'm still not sure whose side he thinks he's on or if he's billing hourly for these conversations because if so that man is a genius.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED TRAMPOLINE SCAPEGOATING AND WILLFUL BLINDNESS TO DECORATIVE SWORD REALITY
The Court has reviewed this confession and must pause to collect itself because THIS IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR CASE OF MISPLACED BLAME REGINALD HAS WITNESSED SINCE HIS EX-WIFE BLAMED THE FAILURE OF THEIR MARRIAGE ON A KITCHEN ISLAND SHE CALLED ARCHITECTURALLY AGGRESSIVE. Let the record show that a trampoline in a neighboring yard has never, in the entire history of residential real estate, constituted grounds for litigation, YET HERE WE ARE with an attorney billing what I can only assume is four hundred dollars an hour to discuss the strategic implications of recreational bounce equipment while a decorative sword collection HANGS MENACINGLY IN THE DINING ROOM LIKE THIS IS A RENAISSANCE FAIRE THAT SMELLS OF WET DOG. The Court finds it particularly galling that this seller consulted Zillow on the morning of an actual offer as though that algorithm has EVER stepped foot inside a home where the primary bathroom tile has been personally vetoed by its owner for being too honest about its own decade of origin. This attorney, whom The Court suspects is either a mastermind or genuinely confused about the nature of his retainer, should be studied by business schools for his ability to monetize delusion. The buyers walked, as buyers do when confronted with an eighty-thousand-dollar counter born of algorithmic hallucination, and frankly The Court is surprised they stayed long enough to make the first offer given the olfactory circumstances. Reginald must now adjourn to write a strongly worded letter to Zillow about its ongoing criminal enablement of seller fantasy.
Algorithmic Delusion Syndrome
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