Wifeshusband
Senior Member
I'm a retired lawyer, not a real estate lawyer, but you're going to need a title exam (if you're financing, and one if you're not, if you're smart). If there is a cloud on the title, you're going to have to pay an attorney to clear it. I did this once for someone trying to sell property . . . cloud went all the way back to 1909. We cleared it though. I would not buy any property without a survey, regardless of who has to pay for it. Been involved in several property line disputes. The more recent the survey, the better. $2,500 for a survey beats paying an attorney $5,000 to go to court to fight your new neighbor, whose grandfather farmed a few acres of yours and therefore they "own it."