TOPIC: Life before HI

Steve - I agree with you completely!!  I was cheering you on!  My feeling is this:  home inspectors don't kill deals, houses do.  We just call them like we see them...

Yes, lots of dogs recently.  We are asking if the house is bank owned and if so we tack on an extra $50.  The realtors understand.  Reason for the dogs around here - the local governments were getting fed up with all the illegals and cracked down, enforcing laws (imagine) and many people up and left.  My county of Prince William made news nationally because of the crack down.  And since the exodus, crime is down here over 30% - according to the county executive (imagine). 

The houses that were left vacant are not in good shape - you know the routine, eleven basement bedrooms, laundry rooms turned into "bathrooms," wiring that is more than interesting.  However, people are scooping up houses at good prices now that the market is back to where it should have been before the balloon.

Yes, Greg, the Latins speak better English than they let on.  I have lots of Latin realtor clients (though not as much Spanish-speaking business as before the market correction), lots of veteran realtor clients and I really like the lawyer market.  Lots of people here do transactions without realtors and let the lawyers handle the paper work.  I get many of those referrals.

Clients and non realtors like thorough, thorough, thorough...

As far as I've seen, using a lawyer is pretty rare out in California. I think its more of an east coast thing but I culd be wrong.

I know I've never heard of it here in Okie Ville

Yes, you CULD...

Are you guys serious? You buy homes for hundreds of thousnads of dollars and don't use lawyers to make sure the deal is legal and done right?

Do you use lawyers if the folks that sell you the property don't own it?

My wife and I have never used a realtor, but always a lawyer...