[Boomer]

In purchases past, elsewhere, not in TV, not there yet, we have always requested closing papers 48 hours ahead of the closing. (Sometimes they came in later than 48, but we always had them ahead of the table.) How does such a request go over in TV?

Sometimes we have used an attorney. Sometimes not. With our FSBO's we always did, whether we were buyer or seller. My last FSBO contract had 25 little clauses in it. I was the seller.

But in every real estate deal I have ever been in, I have never been a stranger in a strange land. It has all been local to the place where I have lived all of my life. So I know the territory.

Things are often done quite differently from state to state. The no-contingencies thing that I have heard about in TV freaks me out a little -- well OK, it freaks me out a lot. But I will figure it out.

When we buy, we are planning to just tiptoe in, not dive. We are not selling our house here. We cannot be fulltime Villagers at this point.

So I have some time to figure it out. Probably with an attorney. Have to find one there first. It might not end up being an attorney at the table but I think I need one to educate me on how this all works. Florida real estate stuff is so different from what I am used to.

But it all truly remains to be seen.

Boomer