Not sure I have the muscles for a sledgehammer, but maybe an electric demolition hammer or jackhammer and ask hubby to do it.

If I can convince myself that it is temporary I could pin my ears back and muscle through for a year for an FHA loan and then (hopefully) move in closer. 

I talked to an attorney and what they usually do is write up a letter and send it to the seller essentially to flex their muscles.

They are incredibly uncertainty-averse, and this is part of their larger problem of being extremely risk-averse.These same people seem functionally incapable of significant analysis and synthesis through research.

Marry man with big muscles.  

You are building skills and muscles to do it again - it gets easier with experience and more systems.Keep up the good work, thanks for documenting the project and giving that to the community.  

I should acquire some muscle memory for everything else first.

Although i have not made my 1st SFH purchase yet, im certainly learning faster and developing more investment muscle, in going through the reactive analysis process on potential props.

He threw their stuff out on the street, and he had some really scary muscle to do it. 

If it looks like you need some more muscle, engage a CPA at that point.