More of a pain then anything else but here was the communication. 

It's actually a pain to go through because each small charge has a PDF'd invoice with it. 

You definitely don't need an attorney in PA in order to conduct the transaction.   

It seems to be a less painful process for me.

Bottom line, painful as it may be, people live pay check to pay check by choice.

This is going to be painful for you.

I second @Andrew Johnson list of pains being a remote investor as I also have friends from SFO area, move to Boston temporarily and experienced the same, so learning from other people's experience definitely helps.I recently got my RE license and going to dive full time to grow my RE investments portfolio.

This is absolutely fine and you do not need multiple intermediaries (in fact, more than one would really be a pain for all). 

In the competitive marketplace we're in, FHA looks like more of a pain to a seller than a conventional option (because FHA appraisal standards are higher).

To anyone who is affected by this, I am sorry for your pain and suffering.