I spy with my eye… esignature and electronic contract execution gurus Dave Thorpe and Suzanne Alberti! Dave and Suzanne will be representing DocuSign at next week’s Inman Connect Conference in San Francisco. They’re eager to learn more about the needs of the real estate industry and discuss how going paperless with electronic signature can help [...]

Part of the beauty of using electronic signature and online contract execution is that once your clients have all signed, you can send the completed documents to the other agent using “CC” aka carbon copy.
Here’s an example of when you might want to use “CC”:
You want to submit a counter-offer via DocuSign. If you “CC” [...]

We LOVE San Francisco as much as we love electronic signature and online contract execution! It’s home to Ghirardelli Chocolate, the Embarcadero, amazing public transportation, $20 manis/pedis in the Mission District… AND some stellar real estate agents.
All of whom we’re excited to meet (the real estate agents, that is).
Suzanne Alberti, our Real Estate Marketing Manager, [...]

One of the “killer” features of DocuSign’s electronic signature and online contract execution service is sequential signing. If you’re a consultant, a broker or perhaps a realtor, sequential signing will help you get signatures in the order you need them.
Let’s look at a hypothetical electronic signature process without sequential signing:
Sender -off to-> Signer A -off [...]

President Bill Clinton signed ESIGN into law in 2000,  and ESIGN with UETA establishes a legal framework based on the principle that electronic records and signatures carry the same weight and legal effect as traditional paper documents and handwrittten signatures. Part of the early adopters of DocuSign’s electronic signature and electronic contract execution technology is real estate [...]

Some documents require more than signatures from more than one person. How can you ensure you get the electronic signatures you need in the online contract execution process? DocuSign’s electronic signature and electronic contract execution system supports multiple signers – a necessary feature when one of the system features includes sequential signing!
So now you can [...]

As things heat up this summer in the world of electronic signatures and online contract execution, it’s incredibly cool to check out our customers’ blogs and see them blogging interesting, useful information.
Jeff Dowler, of RE/MAX Associates, has shared nine lessons he’s learned from relocations. These lessons are useful to both buyers and agents and include [...]

Before we discuss the role of electronic signature and electronic contract execution in the real estate community, we should understand the ActiveRain community. ActiveRain began nearly six years ago and works very closely with agents and companies to support the home sales process by “Empowering the real estate professional.” In 2006, ActiveRain Real Estate Network [...]

One of the reasons I enjoy my role as an Electronic Signature and Electronic Contract Execution evangelist is DocuSign’s users come up with some interesting questions! I’ve included some recent questions about DocuSign’s signing process, document retrieval after completion of the electronic contract execution process, and “problems with one or more signatures.”
Enjoy the questions and [...]

Before we discuss how ESIGN and electronic contract execution fit into real estate, let’s understand the RealTown community. In 1995, those responsible for RealTown submitted their training and publishing plan to the National Association of Realtors, including the plan for a Real Estate Portal for Realtors. Launched in 2007, RealTown provides the real estate community [...]