Tick, tick, tick....

So the original condo timed out, the next one didn't have anyone else living in the building (which would explain why the listing didn't have an assessment on it), and my real estate clock is ticking like some women's biological ones. Maybe they'll extend the tax credit again. I doubt it. I feel like I'm dealing with psychopathic children. Why? Because after I extended the deadline on the old place from the end of December to three weeks later, they got it approved a week later than that, after I told them to forget it and that I wanted my earnest money back. My lawyer assures me it's an open-and-shut case, but warns me I may have to let them keep some of the money if they decide to be dicks about it. The second place wanted earnest money, which I provided, then said they had a counter offer, which I raised, and then, oh, by the way, you can't get the loan approved because no one's lived in the building or paid insurance since 2003. In addition to the missing assessment rate, it explains why there's a little water damage in the unit I looked at. It all makes me want to just find a nicer apartment and put the money my parents gave me into an IRA.