If you yourself are an attorney, so much the better, but get SOMEone on your team who knows what you don't, or suffer the consequences.

Worst case is that you don't inform the insurance company, something bad happens and you suffer a loss, you try to file a claim and then the insurance company denies the claim because it was vacant.  

So if I get a sub par education based on price, only I would suffer.

Since you are probably in an area that is suffering from the low inventory, take your time in getting started in investing.  

Their service has really suffered the last year.

When you hit hard times and maybe suffer a loss, how will you be able to justify yourself if she isn't on your side.

If the contract is poorly written there is apotential for you to suffer a much greater loss for failure to perform.

I'm bringing up these issues because I don't want to see your cash sitting on the sideline and suffering from inflation.

In the previous crash it seemed to be places like Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas that suffered the most - places that had a heap of growth in the years leading up to it.If you're going to do this, plan to buy more than one or two places.

Things change, markets suffered, you and millions of others had issues from 2008 for several years.