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CONFESSION #0996 — NEW AGENT BAPTISM BY FIRE
Thursday, October 29, 2026
The inspector found something. My first solo listing, three weeks in, and he calls me from the crawlspace. Not even up the ladder yet, just calls out "you're gonna want to see this." Termite damage. Not like a little bit. The whole back section of the house, the support beams look like swiss cheese. Buyer's there, seller's there, I'm standing in the middle trying to remember anything from training. Seller goes "that wasn't there when we bought it." Inspector just laughs. Not mean, just like he's tired. Says "ma'am this is 10, maybe 12 years of damage." Buyer walks out. Doesn't say goodbye, doesn't say anything, just gets in her car. Seller turns to me and says "so what happens now." And I said "I have to make some calls." Which meant I had to call my broker and ask what happens now because I genuinely did not know. Remediation estimate came back at 40 thousand dollars. Listing's still active.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED STRUCTURAL IGNORANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF SWISS CHEESE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself DEEPLY MOVED by the sheer audacity of standing in a crawlspace while 40 thousand dollars worth of termite buffet crumbles beneath you and responding with "I have to make some calls." SOME CALLS? Reginald has made more decisive statements to his Keurig. The seller's claim that the damage "wasn't there when we bought it" is the kind of bold revisionist history that would make Zillow v. Common Sense (2021) blush, and the inspector's tired laugh echoes in this courtroom like the death rattle of that home's resale value. HOWEVER, The Court must acknowledge that calling your broker when you don't know something is technically the correct move, even if it does expose you as a three-week-old professional baby deer stumbling through your first termite apocalypse. The buyer walking out without a word showed more self-preservation instinct than anyone else in that driveway. That listing being "still active" is now a matter for philosophers and possibly local law enforcement. The Court once ruled against a breakfast nook for "failing to commit to being either breakfast OR a nook," and this house has committed similar identity fraud by pretending to be a structure. Reginald sentences you to one year of mandatory crawlspace meditation and declares this matter CLOSED because The Court has a 2pm appointment to argue with a Zestimate.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.4/10 ROOKIE TERMITE TRIBUNAL

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