All three times, the pre-closer had to get the listing agent and HUD scrambling to get things done in the last few hours, but it got done.

Also, we failed to do a lot of due diligence due to the frantic positions of scrambling with days in hand to try to remedy a situation.

I believe if I can get these roles in place then when I start I am not scrambling.

When do you talk to them get a sense of how many cash buyers they know or if they will be scrambling to find one like you are.

People are scrambling to find rentals currently.  

(This is not legal advice I'm only sharing an experience that I had and do not take it as such.)I scrambled to find an end-buyer and did not vet the end buyer that I located that I assigned to and just wanted to close the deal which I regretted doing after the fact and wish I canceled it and gave my EMD to the seller of record as a token of time wasted.  

They won't show you who's having their scrambled eggs and toast every morning thinking about retiring to Florida in 6 months, or the adult children who just inherited their parents home.  

That all amounts to 10k I wasn’t prepared for and had to scramble to come up with. 

If your friend's lender finds out he sold the house and you're paying the mortgage, they may call the entire mortgage due and you're scrambling for financing. 

So, after a bit of scrambling around I was able to pay for it by the end of the day.