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Subject: Re: Need advice on bidding on a house
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 09:15:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 10 09:15:00 1985
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Nf-From: haddock!deb    Oct 10 09:15:00 1985


>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. 

There are some situations which do not warrent paying for a lawyer for
the closing.  I've bought 2 houses without paying for this service. If
you come up to this situation you'll know it. The originator of this 
base note might want a laywer present since having a lawyer present
has a has a calming effect when one signs so many forms. But on this
aspect as well as any others in buying a house one should not take any-
thing for granted.

I have a friend who became soooo discouraged buying a house that 
she became her own broker!