I guess this is going against other people urging you to go ahead, but I asked a person I know who's been in the title business for a long while (my usual source for property issues):

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First, it is very different state by state. Second, there are things you do yourself and others you just breakdown and pay the professional--even where it seems SOOOO close to being doable yourself. There's too much money involved and too much risk of fraud to not use an attorney (or, in many western states, a title or escrow firm) and good escrow contract between buyer and seller to govern the deal. You really have to have a third-party "stakesholder," at a minimum, to transfer real estate effectively. Don't try this at "home."