dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (10/02/85)
>HAVE A LAWYER REPRESENT YOU AT THE CLOSING... >... Have him/her look over all the papers and advise you of your >rights, your responsibilities, and what tricks to watch out for. Absolutely! But I would add the following caveat: have a COMPETENT lawyer represent you. I have met up with real turkeys in my real- estate experiences. Some lawyers knew less about the real estate laws than I did. (They would mention something that I knew to be false, and when I would call their attention to it they would say something like, "Gee, I dunno. I always thought it was so..." They would look it up, and find they were wrong. And they charged me for this!) A good way to find a competent lawyer is to ask your banker to recommend one. I knew a retired banker, and the lawyer he recommended was a really sharp guy. This lawyer, of course, did a lot of work for the bank. But banks don't hire turkeys to be their lawyers. (They hire turkeys to be their clerks.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave) (The views expressed herein are the exclusive property of Dave Kirby. Any person, living or dead, found with the same or similar opinions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of law.)