i closed on my mortgage refinance this morning... a pretty un-newsworthy event except for the fact that i really love my lawyer, charles reinhardt.
i signed and initialed a bajillion forms and i commented that some seemed totally unnecessary. there's a form saying, for instance, that if either i or the mortgage company forgets to cross a "t" or dot an "i" on those same forms that i won't, like, sue and hold it against them.
i almost laughed when i got to that one. my lawyer says, "it's probably because someone acted like a butt one time, so they had to develop a form to prevent it from happening again."
i loved that... "acted like a butt." this is a lawyer that speaks my language.
Posted by xta at January 26, 2005 12:45 PM | TrackBacki may need to change lawyers (as long as i'm changing plumbers, might as well). mine has done a total of at least four title searches on my house and has never cut me a break, and the last time he gave me this lecture about how i should take the money i was saving each month by refinancing, and apply it to the capital on my loan. i can manage my own money, thank you very much. jeez.
Posted by: lisa at January 26, 2005 01:52 PMI can't believe he said "butt." That is making me giggle.
Posted by: pinky at January 26, 2005 04:53 PMYou've got the director of the American Dance Festival for your real estate lawyer? Damn, girl -- you've got clout
Posted by: Phil at January 26, 2005 11:51 PMno, silly. the ADF director doesn't have a "d" in his last name. ;-)
Posted by: christa at January 26, 2005 11:52 PMI wonder what Ariadne wants to do for a living when *she* grows up.
Posted by: Phil at January 28, 2005 09:25 PMGreetings from Jerusalem! CHarles helped me domy closing for my house in 1999. Yep, he's great.
Hope all is well in Durham!
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