www.makinglaweasy.com I have over 31 years of experience in the practice of real estate law in Pittsburgh. I have handled multi-million dollar buys, sales and refinances of shopping centers, office buildings, apartment complexes and vacant land, as well as leasing, refinances, landlord/tenant matters, real estate broker issues, residential real estate buys and sales and real estate title insurance issues. A real estate buy is often the largest investment you will ever make. On numerous occasions, I have seen buyers try to represent themselves because others have told them that they do not need an attorney. When problems start to arise, I receive a call for help. Usually it costs the buyer more in attorneys fees to right the problem than it would have cost to hire an attorney at the beginning of the process. Often, an attorney can foresee the problem and advise a course of action that will dodge or decipher it.