Legal fees

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why me?

simple - he's your attorney

well... is there any stipulation in your contract that if the seller backs out, you are compensated for your costs?

Did your attorney still bill you after the seller backed out? If he or she did I would think about changing attorneys because that's tacky.

check the retainer agreement between you & your atty. many will have you pay a certain amount for their time in the event that the deal falls through. But $284 per hour sounds a bit steep for a NYC RE attorney, given that they usually charge btw $1800 - $2500 for the whole deal, but that's a diff issue

If attorney did due diligence why would he/she not bill for the work? Its not
their fault deal fell through. You hired them.

That happened to me, too. I had to pay. I was very ticked off at the seller.

No recourse? That's a shame but she didn't sign so perhaps there isn't any. I wonder if you could post the culprit's name but better check with your attorney first.

post the complete address so we could avoid this seller

The coop was in tudor city. The atty's fee was $350 per hr/ $2000 for closing.

I had three deals fall through all were out of NYC. One was in Long Island and the other two were in Westchester. All three my lawyers spent time on these . I used two different lawyers. In all three I wasn't charged a penny from by Lawyers.