Real estate attorney for buying directly from seller
Hi there,
My husband and I are in the process of buying our rental house directly from the owner and are looking for a real estate attorney to create the contract and any other legal advice for this transaction. Please let me know if anyone has any recommendations. We have the ARAG legal insurance, so if they are part of that network, that would be great but not necessary.
Thanks,
Rosi
Jan 4, 2017
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Hi Rosi,
I can highly recommend Attorney Jean Shrem of Shrem Law, she's in El Cerrito. We used her to do the exact same thing when we bought our home from our landlord. She is a real estate attorney and real estate broker - which was really fantastic. She was able to supply all of the necessary forms and walk us through the entire process which went really pretty smoothly. We did have a hiccup but Jean was incredibly proactive and responsive and helped us navigate it, it's clear she has tons of experience and knowledge. She was great and I would happily use her again. I think her website is www.shremlaw.com and her phone number is 510-882-9992. In my experience she generally responds more quickly to emails than phone calls if you don't catch her when you call but she has a bunch of information on her website as well. She has both hourly and flat fee rates, depending upon what you're looking for, we went with the full boat because we all wanted guidance and that worked well for us.
Good luck with your home purchase.