All you need is a title company to handle the paperwork. Many title companies are owned and operated by lawyers who specialize in real estate transactions. One item to make sure of though is be sure and take a trip to the court house land records office AFTER you buy the land. You want to make sure the title did, in fact, transfer to you.

Once upon a time, I paid a title closing lawyer $500 to handle a closing. Unfortunately, I assumed she had done her job and had recorded the deed at the court house. Two years later I found out BY ACCIDENT she had not lifted a finger and the title was STILL in the seller's name! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASSUME THE PEOPLE YOU ARE PAYING ARE PROPERLY DOING THEIR JOB. NEVER EVER ASSUME ANYONE HAS DONE ANYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. In some cases. you have to "sweep up after the help".

When I found out about the unrecorded deed, I went to her office FOUR separate times asking her to fix the problem to no avail. She had my five hundred bux and still wouldn't do anything to fix the problem. I should have filed a complaint with the BBB and the Bar Association but at that point, I needed to sell the house and get out of town. I was short on time.

I found out the fix was easy, something I could have easily done myself. It is known as a Deed of Correction. A ten year old could type one up. We sent it to the seller, he signed it and then my NEW AND IMPROVED title agent recorded it in the land deeds office. No muss, no fuss.