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CONFESSION #0967 — THE BUYER WHO NEVER BOUGHT
Monday, October 19, 2026
The commission check was short. Not because of a reduced rate or some negotiation I forgot about. Because there was no commission check. Because the deal never closed. Because this guy — this absolute time vampire — looked at 23 houses over eight months and then decided he wasn't ready to buy.
Eight months. Every Saturday. Sometimes Sundays too. He had his pre-approval, he had his down payment sitting in a money market account earning like two percent, he had a very specific list. Three bedrooms minimum, updated kitchen, no HOA over 200 a month, had to have a garage. Fine. Normal stuff. Found him probably six houses that checked every box. Every single one.
The fourth one, the one on Maple — wait, not the real street — the one with the new roof and the finished basement, he actually wrote an offer. Full ask. Seller accepted in four hours. Inspection came back clean except for a slow drain in the master bath. A slow drain. Plumber quoted 80 dollars.
He pulled out. Said he needed to think about whether this was the right neighborhood. The neighborhood he'd been driving through for three months saying he loved it.
Then two months later he texts me asking about a listing in a completely different part of town, 40 minutes from his job, and I'm like — that's an hour commute minimum. He goes, yeah but look at that yard.
Last I heard he's still renting. His landlord raised rent by 300 and he texted me about it like I'm supposed to feel bad.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED CLIENT TOLERANCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF DRAIN-RELATED ABANDONMENT
The Court has reviewed this confession and frankly Reginald needs a moment because THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WITH A BUYER IN 2017 EXCEPT IT WAS THIRTY-ONE HOUSES AND HE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO TAMPA. Twenty-three showings over eight months and this man pulls out over an eighty dollar drain repair — EIGHTY DOLLARS — which is less than what The Court spends monthly on gavel polish, and yes there is such a thing and yes it is necessary. You enabled this behavior, counselor, you kept showing up every Saturday like some kind of real estate golden retriever who never learned that the hand reaching toward you might not have a treat. The Maple Street property — and The Court knows you changed the name but Reginald SEES you — had a new roof, a finished basement, and a seller who accepted in four hours, which in this market is essentially a MIRACLE wrapped in granite countertops, and your client said no because of NEIGHBORHOOD VIBES he had previously endorsed for THREE MONTHS. This Court finds you guilty not of showing houses but of allowing yourself to become an unpaid chauffeur, therapist, and architectural tour guide for a man whose commitment issues belong on a different kind of couch entirely. The text about his rent increase is not your burden and The Court hereby orders you to delete his number, block his Zillow account if such a thing is possible, and never again confuse activity with progress. Reginald must now adjourn to scream into a throw pillow about the Tampa incident.
Chronic Enablement Syndrome
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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