[paulddraper]

A lawyer? Geez, why a lawyer? They are highly qualified and expensive.

Hire a flat-rate agent/broker. They'll technically be your agent, but you do all the leg work.

[jjeaff]

Because you could hire a lawyer for a flat thousand bucks easily. Real estate agent is going to take 7 percent of the sale. So you get more qualified for way less money on most cases.

[matwood]

At least in my state, you have to hire a lawyer to do the transaction. They will make sure you did all the required steps, and charge a flat fee.

[danielweber]

I pay less than $1000 for a lawyer and get 10x the value I get out of an agent for which I'd pay several thousands of dollars.