Need a Great Real Estate Attorney

Updated on August 15, 2008
L.W. asks from Plainfield, IL
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I guess to be more specific, we need a lawyer that is a litigator. The one we have now is not.

Not too long ago we found a home that we loved and made an offer. Everything went fine until the appraisal. The house ended up appraising for far less than the sellers asking price, and she wouldn't budge. So we ended up having to walk away from the deal and went on to buy a different house. The problem is that our earnest money is in limbo. We were doing an FHA loan, and it's our understanding that according to FHA guidelines that money is due back to us. Our current attorney, our lender, and our realtor all insist that FHA put a clause in the contract for this very reason. We even have the sellers signature on this contract, but she's still insisting the money should be hers. So now we have to go to court.

If anyone knows a great real estate litigator PLEASE let me know. I'm so ready for this to be over.

Thanks in advance!
L.

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My husband is a litigating Real Estate Attorney. He handles cases throughout Illinois. Unfortunately with the market the way it is right now a lot of sellers are pulling things like what you're describing because they can't get what they want for their house. The stupid thing is that the seller can't touch the money anyway, so she's just being stubborn.

If you want to talk to my husband you can call him at ###-###-####. His name is Jeff Sperling. Good luck!

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L.K.

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Our real estate attorney is David Seil in New Lenox. He is excellent . He is the most knowledgable guy out there, seriously. He can find fault with a contract in a minute. You know you are in good hands with him. Sorry I don't have the phone number offhand. Good Luck!

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M.J.

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James White in Sugar Grove, ###-###-####

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E.P.

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Looks like you have some good advise so I'm just going to throw one more person in tbe mix - Gary Mueller. He is in Joliet and, ironically, he was our seller's attorney when we bought a home a few years ago - I liked him soooo much more than our attorney. Called him up last year because we needed real estate guidance. Sorry...no number...just look him up on the internet. Credentials are good!

EDIT: Gary's phone number ###-###-####

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