Update: 'Running away from the Rat Race'

We're still running away, however it seems like we're running more into the race right now.  We are house hunting and trying to line things up to get our house on the market.  We have looked at more than 25 houses, yikes! and are going back today to take a second look at two that have strong potential.  Our house is going to get an additional room before it hits the market. Luckily to add this room requires only the building of one single wall. Slowing things down right now is the 'waste of my time and money' HOA (I dislike HOAs strongly and pledge to never live where I have one again).  When we get that approval we'll fly my dad in for a few days, build a wall and whalaa! 160+ new sq ft (and a better price point).  Don't know what the timing will be on this all but we're getting tired already... hopefully just a few more weeks of this... hopefully.