You make some interesting points but I still think my perspective has some merit. I’ll call to my point that Paul Owens seems to be someone who is more respected and maybe less likely to be confused with someone else but I do agree with you that it is a recurring theme of the names being confused in the book.

As for the realtor, to the best of my memory, Patrick is described as appearing nervous and shifty when he comes to the open house. The realtor could have easily taken this as Patrick coming to steal something from the open house or to generally cause that sort of trouble.

But again, I agree that there are points that go for and against my argument.