Hiring a Real Estate Attorney: YAY or NAY?

[Constance Kawa-Small]

Hi BP Peeps!

Tell me, do you have a Real Estate Attorney? What made you decide to work with one (aside from having a Legal issue pop up)? When do you use him/her? At what stage of your real estate investing did you turn to one? In the beginning as you're in the learning curve? At a point when you were with high volume? Do you have one in each market if you invest in different states?

If you have not hired one, how so? 

If you have chosen not to work with one and you do not use real estate agents, do you review all the legalities yourself?