Real Estate Legal Advice/Options

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by mom119

I'm looking for any advice or available options I may have in regards to a very serious real estate problem. I won't repost my whole story as I already have two threads on here. One is titled "Sellers knew of major defect and didn't disclose" and the other is "Has anyone ever dealt with mold." I bought a house with major defects, none of which were disclosed to me. My problem is the lawyer. I am from a small town and I went to the best lawyer around. He is very, very good, but very, very swamped in work. I have met with him twice and went over everything; he said to drop off a couple more papers (which I promptly did) and make an appointment. I have left messages for over a week and I cannot get a call back. Finally, his secretary answered and said that he gets all of his messages, not sure why he hasn't called me back. She also said that their office has NEVER been so busy; she said they are completely swamped. I nicely left another message saying I didn't want to be mean, but should I go somewhere else? Still no reply.

I just am lost. I need to get the legal procedures moving. Do I go to another lawyer, who may be good, but not as good? I am a single-mother so I don't have a lot of money to throw around. I know it's not going to be cheap, and I do have some money saved away for this situation. Do I look out of town? Do I just keep calling? I want someone who is going to work hard on this, because I already have done alot. I am extremely organized and have accomplished alot or work already. The lawyer basically has everything handed to him, I just need his legal expertise. Is there lawyers out there who work for lower-income people? And would they do just as good a job? My problem is very serious and unheard of. I have been told by several people that I should even contact the local news stations about this problem. I just don't want to do anything that's going to harm my case. But I don't plan on telling anything that is not the truth.

So does anyone out there have any advice for me? I have all this extremely good evidence, and currently no one to help me. What do I do?

How close do you live to a larger town/city? Maybe there is a larger selection of lawyers in that city. Also-please do yourself a favor and make sure that whatever attorney you hire that he/she is a real estate attorney.

BTW-my husband is a patent attorney and he has a rule that any time a client calls the phone call should be returned within 24 hours. If he cannot personally call the person back he will have his secretary call and tell the person when he will be available to call the person back. It is very unprofessional to ignore your clients.