Lets just get it straight

[GonzoStyle]

It amazes me how careless people are when buying a home, as well as how cheap they are. I blame it all on the emergence of the no money down loans and mortgage brokers sticking people into homes, knowing full well they can not afford them.

But for example, you are making what is probably the largest monetary investment a person will make, why cut corners? Spend the 500 bucks on an attorney, spend 300 bucks for an inspection of the home, what the fuck. How do you go into a contract for a 500,000 dollar home and not have an attorney review the contracts you are signing? I just love the whole "do it yourself" attitude some people have, they think cause they watch judge judy that they are fuckin lawyers.

aint that the truth. my cheapo buddy got some half assed lawyer who didnt realize the guy who he bought his apt from had taken out a loan and rolled the balance of it on to the price of the apt to pay for a shared maintenance cost of improvements to the building that it is in (new roof, renovations in the shared entranceway and lobby, etc...)

he never disclosed that this was actually going towards that loan and now he's trying to chase this guy down with another lawyer.

That sounds like the fault of the title company as well as his attorney.