Sad thing is, this was the NEW unit and NEW theft-prevention cage that the seller had installed because the prior unit was stolen as well.While we the seller and I had made it amicably through all of the inspection and repair processes, this recent additional theft of the AC unit has made me want to back away.Now - in what is very frustrating and heartbreaking - the seller is refusing to sign the "release from contract" form, refusing to allow the return of my earnest money, and is also asking that I compensate him $500 for the AC cage.

We just set out a single mom and 6 kids into 10 inches of snow 2 weeks ago and it's heartbreaking for sure but you have to decide if you are running a business or a charity. 

@Jennifer Jones though it may be heart breaking,  you may be saving yourself a lot of hassle in the long run. 

I came to believe that I should be greatefull for an average job and dreaming is unproductive and frankly rather heartbreaking.

It is so heart-breaking when you find a duplex to start the real estate journey and it is either under contract or already got sold.

Stuff happens and a potential foreclosure on a family member is heart breaking.

Oh, @Michael Terry, this is heartbreaking. 

It is sad, sometimes even heartbreaking but that is reality.  

I've had many recent heart breaks and I don't want to work anymore.

I sincerely hope you experience the heartbreak of suicide so that you’ll all become actual human beings instead of parasites.