Well these are all great answers and I agree with most of them. If you look on a settlement statement from an escrow company, it is usually a minor line item. Full escrow service wouldn’t even come close to that amount even if it was for a commercial property. If you call an attorney, they may have a flat fee. My guess if you call a Real Estate attorney they may do it for a minor fee because they just pull a copy out of a file and might even notarize it for you. If you want to do it all yourself you can get forms at the library or you can go to Legalzoom.com and you can get any legal document prepared by an attorney for a fraction of the cost of walking into an office etc. Hope this helps. If you want a few names of attorneys or escrow companies in the Bellingham area I can get those to you. Good luck.

Same answer as in other thread:

I was an attorney prior to becoming a real estate agent. That seems very high assuming all they had to do was draft the deed and didn't provide any other advice. Was the invoice broken down as to services?

Also, it's possible that they paid for title insurance, so check the costs on the bill.

That seems high to me. When I prepared my own quit claim deed a few years ago I simply acquired a blank quit claim document and filled it out, took it to the county and and it recorded. I think there was a small recording fee $35 or something like that. Of course, if you need it prepared by a licensed professional than you might want to shop around a bit.

The most a title company has ever charged one of my clients to preapre a Quit Claim Deed is $50.00. In Florida, I've never seen consideration on a Quit Claim in excess of $10.00

Did you request see the attorney billable time sheet. It does not sound unreasonable.
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