Buying a Home Without a Realtor

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house in your name only and she pays you...you write mortgage check = she rents


will be interesting to hear what someone that actually knows would say though. :)

Yeah we are pretty much in agreement that, since I am the only one financially obligated to the bank, I am the only one on the deed for now. I mainly just want some legal documentation on what she has invested in case something were to happen.

[doh408]

just as a heads up to anyone looking for a good real estate closing company or real estate attorney, Matrix Property Settlements handled everything when I bought my last house, and they were excellent, everything went very smoothly

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Just wanted to send a heads up -- we closed on the house today and essentially everything went off without a hitch!

A huge thanks to all of you guys that helped out with the information, it is truly very much appreciated!

[95V6]

Congrats man!

[stevec5ws6]

Awesome congrats!

[somethingclever]

congrats...when will the car be FS?

[John4cam]

Awesome! Enjoy it!

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congrats...when will the car be FS?

HAHA! She's not going anywhere but in the garage that comes with the house!

[somethingclever]

Couple questions:


What real estate attorney did you end up using?


How much money (%) was saved using the attorney instead of a realty company?


Did the real estate attorney handle the title search or did you go direct to a title company?

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What real estate attorney did you end up using?

I have yet to deal directly with a real estate attorney, as I was able to handle everything with the Bank. I still have to square up my girlfriends investment stuff, but that's not too big a deal at the moment

How much money (%) was saved using the attorney instead of a realty company?

I was going to have a friend handle it for me, but she still was looking at 5%, so I ended up saving ~$4,000, but I also volunteered to cover some more of the closing costs from the sellers since we got a good price on the house. All told, I saved about $2,500 bucks. I figured I already knew what house I was buying and I knew the sellers and what they were looking for price wise, so not really any need to pay a realtor to search and negotiate for me.


Did the real estate attorney handle the title search or did you go direct to a title company?[/quote]

The bank contacted the title company and they called me to handle everything. I worked with NationalLink in Coraopolis and they were very easy to deal with. The closing agent/notary came to the house on closing and we were done in 45 minutes.