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CONFESSION #0942 — DEAL THAT EXPLODED
Sunday, October 11, 2026
The deal closed six weeks late. Actually no it didn't close at all, that's the thing, I keep telling it like it closed because for three months I acted like it was going to close and my brain hasn't caught up. Buyer qualified for 340, we're under contract at 315, everything's fine until the lender calls me (not the buyer, me, which should have been my first clue) and says there's a second job they didn't disclose. Which okay, more income sounds good right? Except the second job was at a competing company in the same industry and the buyer had signed a non-compete at the first job and was actively being sued. Not might be sued. Being sued. For 80 thousand dollars. And the buyer knew this the whole time and just thought it wouldn't matter because (and I'm quoting here) "it's not like they're gonna win." Seller had already bought their next house. Movers were booked. I had to make that call. The seller's agent hasn't spoken to me since even though literally none of this was something I could have known and honestly I'm still mad about the part where the buyer asked if I could recommend a good employment lawyer like I owed him a favor.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN UNDISCLOSED LITIGATION CONCEALMENT AND FAILURE TO DETECT EMPLOYMENT FRAUD THROUGH APPARENTLY PSYCHIC MEANS
The Court has reviewed this confession with the same mixture of horror and fascination Reginald reserves for homes where the sellers painted the brick. Let us be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR about what occurred here: your buyer essentially walked into a financial transaction with an active lawsuit tucked under his arm like a folded newspaper and thought NOBODY WOULD NOTICE. This is the real estate equivalent of showing up to a job interview while wearing your current employer's uniform and expecting a positive outcome. The audacity of "it's not like they're gonna win" as a disclosure strategy is so breathtaking that The Court must pause to collect itself, because I once had a client tell me the same thing about a boundary dispute and NOW I HAVE THREE FEWER FRIENDS AND A RESTRAINING ORDER FROM A SURVEYOR NAMED GLEN. As for the buyer requesting attorney recommendations, this falls under what legal scholars call "absolutely not, sir" per Johnson v. The Very Nerve Of You, 2019. The seller's agent who will not speak to you is engaging in what we call MISPLACED THEATRICAL FURY and frankly needs to redirect that energy toward the person who was LITERALLY BEING SUED WHILE UNDER CONTRACT. The Court finds you guilty only of being present during someone else's catastrophic life choices, and now Reginald must go lie down because this case has reminded him of several things he was actively suppressing.
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