We are dealing with HUD. just filed our 2nd extension. If we don't close on it this time, then the house goes back on the market and we lose everything we have done thus far. If it were not for this looming deadline, I would dig in and fight, because it isn't right to be treated like this. If it wasn't such a good deal, we'd tell them to get screwed. But it is a good deal, so we suck it up, play by their rules and do the best we can with it. Yes, it sucks, yes we are angry, yes we are stressed, but there are a whole lot worse things in life. We will get through this, we will be glad we hung in there. Being fair to the ones who pay their salaries and doing the right thing has absolutely nothing to do with it. I have done my email "homework" assignment for this morning, am working on a contractor bid and faxing every bit of paper that the lender asks for. This is a miserable, miserable experience. But I'm not backing down. I just have to blow off steam and thanks for letting me come here to vent!