if my nabor has this quit clam deed and has no contact of actual sell of said property?

i am in a land dispute with my nabor, about a peice of property that after a survey turns out to be mine, he has a easement to said property that amoung other things has a well on the property, all he got when he acquired this property was a quit clame deed. after futher research it seems that he built a home around a trailer and had not permits to do any building what so ever. now i had no servey or title search done when i bought this property just a hand shake form a person i thought was honnest. i understand that a quit claim deed is a document that says to the buyer that ill sell it to u but im not saying i own it. so this is what happened when (he) my nabor got this quit claim deed, it seems that joe sold to paul all the land he had here where i live in the year 2001. in 2002 joe gave a quit claim deed to ken when in fact he had sold all he (joe) had to paul in the year 2001. if ken had no land contact with joe to buy this property in 1993 can (they) joe and ken make out a legal contact after the fact? and would it be legally binding? when i got my servey i also sent it to a title company, and they said that when they looked at it, it seems that joe had no right to sell this property to ken when in fact he didnt own it, paul would have had to sell it to ken not joe. so what do i do now? i talked to a lawyer and he said this would cost me thousands for me to hire him to take this case to court, can i file a judgement in court and act as my own lawyer? and would it be wise to do so? i am not educated in real estate law, and ofcorse that go's without saying i dont know all the mombo jombo words it may or may not take to win in court!! (please help)