Real estate is a time sensitive business and electronic signature helps real estate professionals close those deals as quickly as possible.
One of our customers, Greg Swann of the BloodhoundBlog, recently blogged about his short sales experience, in which the bank asked for two URGENT documents that reiterated the terms his buyers have already agreed to.
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I wanted to livestream the talk about the “Legality of Electronic Signatures and Real Estate” given by DocuSign’s Chief Legal Officer, Ken Moyle. He gave this talk this afternoon at California Association of Realtors EXPO’s Tech Tuesday. Unfortunately, trying to record and stream video / audio killed my Verizon mobile broadband, so I livetweeted the [...]

Earlier today, Suzanne Alberti, explained how electronic signature and real estate work together to save you time. Not only are electronic signatures convenient for you, they are also convenient for your customers. Of course, real estate is relationship driven, so getting to know your clients is definitely part of the process. However, with DocuSign electronic signature, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Since DocuSign began participating in online conversations about electronic signatures and online contract execution, we’ve noticed that misperceptions exist regarding whether or not various groups approved the use of digital signature and electronic contracts or records. We recently published a piece discussing FHA and lender acceptance of electronic signature, and we also heard rumors that [...]

People often ask me “Why is DocuSign such a natural for Real Estate? Haven’t some ESIGN tools been around for a long time? Why now?” These great questions have two sets of answers. The first is Why NOW?, the second is Why DocuSign? The answer to ‘Why Now’ for Real Estate The main answers to [...]

 RE Barcamp LA, or Real Estate Barcamp Los Angeles, is an unconference and social media marketing event for Real Estate professionals to learn about new technologies and share ideas. The unconference is based on the BarCamp.org principles:  
“Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open [...]

This series interviews real DocuSign users to share their stories about electronic signature and online contract execution. Get to know the people who use DocuSign and how

Please share with us who you are, and what you mean by “real estate at the speed of life” and “black tie service”?  

I’m a simple man from South [...]

I enjoy finding blog posts from others that share interesting, useful information. Over the weekend, April Sullivan, a virtual assistant (VA) who works with real estate agents, wrote a blog post about the applications and programs that have helped her in her VA business. April uses iGoogle to help her organize calendars, blogs, and feeds [...]