RE Attorney recommended by our Broker, Conflict of Interest?

[Yinna Wang]

Hi everyone, 

My broker recommended an attorney to use for our contract. Everyone we've told this to is freaking out about how it's a conflict of interest. Should we get our own independent attorney to review our contract? Has anyone ever used an attorney recommended by their broker? 

I'm really torn because someone can easily come along and outbid us at any moment so time is of the essence. We want attorney review to go smoothly, but also want to make sure the person we hire to look at our contract has our best interests in mind. 

[Russell Brazil]

@Yinna Wang Im surprised to hear you know people freaking out about this.  That is how the real estate business functions largely is based on vendor to vendor referrals. And why do we as professionals recommend other professionals....because they do a good job for our clients and we know who can get the job done, and who sucks at their job.  As a layman/laywoman, you wouldnt have any idea what makes a good real estate attorney versus a bad one, but your agent who probably works with dozens of them if not more does know the difference between a good one and bad one.