Try contacting a firm similar to Gibraltar Insurance Services...

Give yourself a ten day contingency and get the GC to give you a firm bid; and have an inspection done to assuage your concerns.TTFN,Greg

It was definitely not cheap--$350, which can be applied to future business with this firm if I use them to set up another entity, etc.

I now work as a CPA for a public accounting firm and I'm getting ready to make my first acquisition.

I tell the seller that our offer is firm and we will close on the day stated on the contract.

State case law says a bank/lender can't use their own attorneys as a trustee so they file a substitute trustee filing with the county that effectively hands over the foreclosure process to the assigned law firm that will execute the process of selling (via foreclosure) the property for the lender.

I would go one step further and suggest staying away from the big firms that take a big percentage of your commission.

Also I'm a firm believer in the Amazon 2 day shipping with the student discount - I had it while in graduate school and it was fabulous for any book and movies I needed.Obviously, food shopping is the one thing I definitely do in person, and like others said - if it is something I need right then and there, or if the shipping costs are so high that it is worth it to go to the store instead.

I get them from time to time and I just firmly say not interested.

Pay a lawyer $300 and get some firm advice.