If you've decided to put your house on the market think about an important decision you need to make. Think about hiring your own attorney to represent you and to review all documents presented for your signature.

Often home sellers rely on the settlement attorney provided by the mortgage lender. This can be a huge mistake, as millions of people now settled with sub-prime and other questionable mortgage loans can tell you. The settlement attorney provided by the mortgage company doesn't represent your interest. That attorney works for the bank. The bank pays his fee, not you. He will be loyal to the bank, not you.

Hire your own attorney and ask the attorney to review all documents before you sign. The mortgage mess of 2007 should be all the proof you need to know that a lot of lending institutions off loaded unsustainable mortgages to unknowing home. As a home seller the last thing you need is a lawsuit filed by a home buyer against the lending band and you the seller amid charges of impropriety.