[Quiet Man Cometh]

Legal assistant, primarily for conveyancing but some criminal law. Of the two, coneyancing is worse for stress, deadlines, and the overall desire to throttle people and institutions while trying to get required information and documents so we can make the other required documents and get someone their house. On top of that, most people don't actually understand how it works and what's involved so we get gripes about cost and questions about what people are actually paying us for. Whoops, the bank made a typo on the mortgage document? Do it again. Oh dear, the purchaser wants to change the closing date. Re-do everything. There's a lien on this property no one told us about... yeah.

Some tips for future dealings in real estate (for British Columbia anyway).

1. NEVER let your ID expire.
2. Keep 2 pieces of ID, preferably with the same name.
3. Don't leave town in the middle of your transaction.
4. Leave as much time for the transaction as you possible can.
5. No, really, don't leave town.