What does the REI need from an attorney?

[Jatin Shah]

Hey y'all, hope everyone is doing well this weekend! 

As you can see I am a real estate attorney practicing out of Nashville, TN.  I am also a new real estate investor. So new that I just agreed to buy a town home.  I'm pretty psyched! 

I wanted to get an idea what REIs needed in terms of legal advice.  To be specific, I'm only talking residential properties.  While some of this is state specific (i.e. in TN, you don't have to have an attorney to close, in NY, I've never seen a closing w/o one), but I wanted to understand what is important and what everyone's concerns are when going into a deal.  (i.e. Tax Liens, foreclosures, LL/T issues).

I guess you can say I'm doing some market research to tailor my own services to this niche.  Thanks everyone. 

J