As far as the rest, a good accountant and lawyer can save you lots of time, hassle and money.

She may want to hire a lawyer if she's not comfortable doing this herself.She can not change the locks or lock the person out.

Does anybody have recommendations for: lawyers, accountants, title companies, and insurance companies?

Hi, newbie to REI in the Chattanooga TN area looking for info on lawyers, CPAs, and PM.... also, are there monthly meet ups for REI clubs in the area?

You can do a private sale, just get a RE lawyer and have him write up a contract or have an agent write it up for a flat fee.

While there are exceptions to this rule, I would try to find out if the lawyer owns his or her own title company.

Make sure you have a lawyer write up a partnership agreement form that you would both sign.

I don't know either.. pay the money and get a good CPA/lawyer/ 1031 expert, you are playing with fire, you want to make sure you get it right

When you know that the majority of debt on a property either is, or soon will be indefensible, then you can afford to be considerably more aggressive than competing parties who are  unaware.See also this informative article by a Colorado Lawyer regarding application of the statute there. http://www.markhofgardlaw.com/Articles/When-is-a-Mortgage-Lien-Extinguished-Through-Expiration-of-the-Statute-of-Limitations.shtml  Best wishes,

Do I need to go spend the money talking to a real estate lawyer and title company before I even approach any sellers?