How to find a Real Estate lawyer fast

The fourth thing to look for in real estate is a lawyer.

You must find a lawyer if you are going to buy or sell real estate. That is a given and only a fool would try to get by without one.

• Where do you start looking?
• How do you know if you have a good one?
• What sort of fees should you expect to pay?

It may well be the first thing you should do before you see your banker to pre-arrange financing and before you fall in love with that "location, location, location."

Finding a good lawyer is not easy. There are some 72,000 lawyers in Canada today. There are thousands of law firm web sites. How do you sort through the chaff to find the one kernel you need?

CanLaw makes finding a Real Estate lawyer simple

Use our fast. free, confidential Real Estate Lawyer referral service and lawyers will contact you seeking your business.

CanLaw has several free services which offers you two new ways to obtain a lawyer. There are no fees or charges made to individuals seeking legal assistance. (We do have premium pay per use services if you want extra service.)

Lawyers currently are paying to list their skills, background and experience so that you can more easily judge if an individual is suitable for your needs. You can browse through the listings and resumes and pick a couple names to interview for yourself.

If none of the lawyers listed appeal, or if you wish to see other options, there is a form online which you can fill out and the CanLaw unique Click here FIND ME a LAWYER Referral Service will go to work for you at no charge.

CanLaw has about 72,000 lawyers on file across Canada and we will submit your request to all the lawyers meeting your criteria.

Our lawyer referral service is very well known and has been in operation for 20 years.

It is fast, confidential and free.

Those lawyers who are interested in bidding for your business will get in touch with you directly. It is simple, clean, neat and may save you money in legal fees.

There are also many lawyers and law firms listed on the Internet, but unless you are prepared to search for them, they can be hard to find. CanLaw acts as a central clearing house for lawyers.

Once you have a list of lawyers who you may wish to retain, go and see each of them Any lawyer who will not give you a half hour free initial consultation is not worth seeing. Tell them in advance you want to discuss all money matters up front at the first meeting. It is in this one area that lawyers and CanLaw clients have the most difficulties and misunderstandings that lead to problems.

Hiring a lawyer is not much different from hiring anyone else... be it the contractor who repairs driveways, a real estate agent or a baby sitter. You check out their references, ask others for opinions, consult your astrologer and in the end you toss a coin and hope for the best. The simple truth is you cannot tell what you are getting until you are see the work. So in picking a lawyer, eliminate the obvious non starters, sort through the rest using your common sense, gut feel and judgment. If the lawyer seems after all this to be someone you can trust and work with, sign on the dotted line.

Now you can start looking for that new location, location, location.