However, this is a totally new space to me- Any advice for how to go about looking for a lawyer who works with individual investors and won't break the bank?

Is this a bank-owned property on the MLS or is this from a wholesaler?

Banks are getting tighter and may have unperforming assets, so they are looking at their portfolios and becoming more picky, for lack of a better word.When the economy is ripping, banks loosen criteria.

But....But what if that Bank, financed via borrowed fund's itself, say something like where they themselves only ever had 10 or 20% of the capital they financed and borrowed the remainder via some big bank-2-the-banks?

Horse stable in the middle of LA, 20 acres 1/2 swamp next to major airport in Florida, church with 6 acres in the middle of town, contact bank Trust departments and let them know you want to buy.

In my opinion, you should for sure team up with the local bank!! 

Do you have their banking info?

They aren't too concerned with the type of transaction (traditional homebuyer/seller or investment).

It just means as a Banker I see the banks money as the way to get rich and save your hard earned money for retirement.If you use your money and fail you are broke, if you use the banks money and fail you sell or find a way to transfer the debt.

@Matthew HullIt’s the same as traditional closing.