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I have an accountant, a lawyer, a dentist, an internist, and plenty of others. All of them are "mine" because they are the ones I use when I need their service.

I have an accountant, a lawyer, a dentist, an internist, and plenty of others. All of them are "mine" because they are the ones I use when I need their service. They all aren't on retainer, but instead are basically fee-for-service.

ineedasername 4y ago
Most people don't even have a lawyer in the same way they have a dentist. And the fact that I might just be a few Google searches away from finding one doesn't change the parent comment's point about the fee still stands.
- lnxg33k1 4y ago
  Most people don't bother, in EU you can do that with disposable income, but if you don't have disposable income there are lawyers studios that are funded publicly to be used by lower income people, so you either have disposable income or you have the will to look around, but you have possibilities to make you an example I am in the netherlands, few weeks ago I went out with some friends, a dutch guy was complaining about an issue and about having to pay a lawyer, and a polish immigrant here had to tell him that he could give a go to https://www.juridischloket.nl/contact/ https://www.juridischloket.nl/contact/ , like some people live and grow up in a system and they don't even know what they're surrounded by
  - ineedasername 4y ago
    That's pretty interesting. In the US the civil legal system is much less accessible to anyone without disposable income and disposal time. There's small claims court which in my area only costs $15 to file, but that is highly limited in the types of cases you can bring before it. IANAL, but it appears that the type of case I'd have to bring against a company that was inappropriately handling my personal information would require over $400 just to file the papers for the lawsuit. And the fact that I can't easily determine if that's the type of legal action I'd need to bring demonstrates the opacity if the legal system that further prevents access by an individual without spending even more money on a lawyer for the help needed to make that determination. There are ways I could get inexpensive legal advice, but that's where disposable time comes in. I have too much income to get free legal aid for the lawsuit itself, and honestly there are people with much more serious legal problems that need those limited resources. Unless you can catch the attention of a class action lawyer that sees potential for massive $$ damages it is very difficult for the average person to take advantage of the legal system to protect their rights.
    - lnxg33k1 4y ago
      Yeah I’m on the same boat as you, we’re the middle class, too rich for free legal, too poor for lawyers :(
- Ekaros 4y ago
  I have never really needed one. Then again I live in high trust society. Currently buying appartment, but I kinda believe enough that either the realtor or the bank wouldn't really try to cheat me. Or that best I could do is choose someone else. Same is true for most others. Things in life really rarely go to court or rarely is there any bespoke contracts.
  - jermaustin1 4y ago
    Buying in NY required you have a lawyer, and the same with a couple states in the North East. I'm sure that the West Coast is the same. I would assume that the "deregulation" states don't require it, but I am using "mine" for buying my grandpa's house in Louisiana just because I cannot be there in person, so they are handling everything on my behalf.
mort96 4y ago
That's funny, because I'd have had the exact same response to seeing advice on the form "Just have your accountant ...". Most people barely have a dentist or a GP.

ineedasername 4y ago

Most people don't even have a lawyer in the same way they have a dentist. And the fact that I might just be a few Google searches away from finding one doesn't change the parent comment's point about the fee still stands.

lnxg33k1 4y ago
Most people don't bother, in EU you can do that with disposable income, but if you don't have disposable income there are lawyers studios that are funded publicly to be used by lower income people, so you either have disposable income or you have the will to look around, but you have possibilities to make you an example I am in the netherlands, few weeks ago I went out with some friends, a dutch guy was complaining about an issue and about having to pay a lawyer, and a polish immigrant here had to tell him that he could give a go to https://www.juridischloket.nl/contact/ https://www.juridischloket.nl/contact/ , like some people live and grow up in a system and they don't even know what they're surrounded by
- ineedasername 4y ago
  That's pretty interesting. In the US the civil legal system is much less accessible to anyone without disposable income and disposal time. There's small claims court which in my area only costs $15 to file, but that is highly limited in the types of cases you can bring before it. IANAL, but it appears that the type of case I'd have to bring against a company that was inappropriately handling my personal information would require over $400 just to file the papers for the lawsuit. And the fact that I can't easily determine if that's the type of legal action I'd need to bring demonstrates the opacity if the legal system that further prevents access by an individual without spending even more money on a lawyer for the help needed to make that determination. There are ways I could get inexpensive legal advice, but that's where disposable time comes in. I have too much income to get free legal aid for the lawsuit itself, and honestly there are people with much more serious legal problems that need those limited resources. Unless you can catch the attention of a class action lawyer that sees potential for massive $$ damages it is very difficult for the average person to take advantage of the legal system to protect their rights.
  - lnxg33k1 4y ago
    Yeah I’m on the same boat as you, we’re the middle class, too rich for free legal, too poor for lawyers :(
Ekaros 4y ago
I have never really needed one. Then again I live in high trust society. Currently buying appartment, but I kinda believe enough that either the realtor or the bank wouldn't really try to cheat me. Or that best I could do is choose someone else. Same is true for most others. Things in life really rarely go to court or rarely is there any bespoke contracts.
- jermaustin1 4y ago
  Buying in NY required you have a lawyer, and the same with a couple states in the North East. I'm sure that the West Coast is the same. I would assume that the "deregulation" states don't require it, but I am using "mine" for buying my grandpa's house in Louisiana just because I cannot be there in person, so they are handling everything on my behalf.

mort96 4y ago

That's funny, because I'd have had the exact same response to seeing advice on the form "Just have your accountant ...". Most people barely have a dentist or a GP.