Thanks BG, I am reading and paying attention. I am not giving anyone a big deposit before I really understand what is going on. I have before and I will again pay for hourly consultation. Nothing against that at all.
A few reasons I don’t want to go pro-per:
Dealing with bad clerks. Dealing with one official saying things work one way and another official saying they work another way. A lawyer would know who was right. I know that procedure alone could be a nightmare. Even just to subpoena records, I got a complete run-around until I gave up, for the time being. Not to say that I can’t try again.