My lawyer is running a title/lien search, haven't heard arching back from him either.

Here's the numbers: Land cost = 50kBuild cost = $100/foot to build (from contractor who built spec houses for my lawyer) House will be 1450 square feet Comps are in the mid 300's, client's stated if we could do it for 315k, they'd sign a check tomorrow.

New buyer wants to use his lawyer to settle but he doesn’t mind placing the escrow money in the title company I am working with.

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Be a good conversation to have with a landlord/tenant lawyer in your area.

Do I ask my investor to get his lawyer to do all the paperwork?

People speak of the importance of having a good real estate lawyer on your REI team.

Iv also considered buying a bigger house with a close friend whos in the exact same financial situation/income as me (we work together) and flip it and split it 50/50 (with all the lawyer paperwork to boot).

I would speak with the actual owner about it, and reference the law - possibly send it from a lawyer if it's worth your HOA's time and money.

I don't think anyone mentioned that if you stay highly leveraged on the properties or don't have any personal assets there isn't much "meat on the bone" for a lawyer to go after.