I have sold real estate for years, but this is my first (and last) experience with selling a HUD home and dealing with this type of escrow company. Normally Buyers and Brokers get to choose the escrow company and normally the escrow company tries to work WITH you and they are helpful and the Buyer and Seller get to choose the closing date, and closing is not such a hassle. Well, with these guys escrow dictates closing, so if you buy a HUD home, forget the closing date, because you are going to get 2-8 extensions (15 days each) and who knows what interest rate you'll have at closing or even if you still qualify!? Oh and I have complained to HUD, but so far I'm not closed and doing yet another extension, because escrow can't keep up with the files...
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