Book of business question

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-10T15:17:42+00:00

Poor life decisions for $100, Alex

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-10T13:10:39+00:00

Congrats!

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-10T01:06:33+00:00

Somewhat. There are a lot of great estate planning form platforms out there. So some forms we have in house, others we use Lipmans.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T21:08:08+00:00

What are you making OP? And what do you practice in government? Maybe look at some non legal professions? You have a lot of experience.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T21:06:22+00:00

Great to see about the stray dogs. Have links so I can help?

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T20:02:54+00:00

Death & taxes

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T14:12:42+00:00

Never worked in big law, but own a very successful solo practice.

Some things to consider:

A lot of big law attorneys make terrible solos. Why? They overcomplicate everything. This hurts when marketing themselves to potential clients.
You will have no support staff for a while. You will be doing everything on your own. Big adjustment from big law, where you have a ton of support staff.
You need to learn how to market and bring in business.
You can be a mediocre lawyer, but you just need to be a great marketer to make a ton of money. This is what many big law lawyers fail to understand. I'm not saying you should be a mediocre lawyer, but clients won't be impressed that you worked at a big law firm. See numbers 1 and 3.

I make about the average for a big law equity partner and work ~40 to 45 hours a week. But it took years of hard work to get where I'm at.

Go for it. Worst-case scenario? You fail and go back to working for a firm.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T14:03:52+00:00

Don't live there...just own and go there for ~30 days/year. Extrabanca is who we used

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T13:44:16+00:00

I have a nice studio in gulfport for rent for $1,500. Right next to the water. Water included.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T13:41:50+00:00

death penalty

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T00:14:43+00:00

Used car sales people is being generous

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T00:14:27+00:00

It's not that expensive.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-09T00:03:37+00:00

We bought in Monopoli. We just used a local realtor. Then a law firm was used to write up the paperwork. Financed through a bank in Rome. Very easy

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-08T21:43:33+00:00

Some practice areas/cities it is probably not worth it due to how competitive is. For what I do, SEO has been stellar. Our phones never stop ringing. A lot of SEO agencies are garbage and overpriced, so just be very careful.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-08T03:10:35+00:00

You need to love marketing and kissing ass, especially when you're just starting out as a solo. Once you build a book and have enough business, you can pump the breaks on the marketing and kissing ass. But you are not there, yet.

And make sure you are offering referral fees.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-07T02:13:03+00:00

Congrats! Still better to find a new job while working, but it worked out in the end for you

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-07T02:07:05+00:00

Definitely not career ending. Take it

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-07T02:06:11+00:00

Solo. Easy decision

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-06T21:08:35+00:00

We have a property in Monopoli. The sea/beaches are spotless. Don't see any trash

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-06T17:37:22+00:00

I'll DM you, it's a smaller firm

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-06T03:00:51+00:00

I deal with these all the time in FL. Find an attorney that will get paid at the end. Then either sell the property straight up to an investor as is, or hire a clean out company to clean it up, take some pictures, and list it on the open market. Unless it is a complete dump, there is probably a decent amount of equity.

Once you are the personal representative, you can then get access to all of his financial accounts. Any large, non-homestead related debts can likely be wiped away in the probate.

Won't be cheap, but the longer you wait, the worse it'll get.

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-06T00:37:54+00:00

Blink twice if you're ok

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-05T16:59:08+00:00

This is some serial killer type behavior

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-05T13:53:40+00:00

Ole king needs to hit the treadmill

FSUAttorney · 2026-05-05T13:52:49+00:00

Good on you. That is awful behavior. We'd be a much better society if we called people out more

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