eSignature for real estate: leases signed and deposits paid, from a phone

The documents, and how they move

Real estate paperwork tends to share three traits: it involves several parties, it is time-sensitive, and money changes hands at or near signing. Each document type uses those differently.

Tenancy and lease agreements. Usually a tenant, a landlord and often an agent. The tenant signs first, the landlord countersigns, and a deposit or first month's rent is due. With Salsox's Business plan, the lease goes to the tenant first, collects the deposit as part of their signing, and only then goes to the landlord: one document instead of a lease, an invoice and a chase.

Offers and reservation forms. Speed matters more than anything. Buyers make offers from wherever they are, so a signing link sent by WhatsApp and completed on a phone in two minutes can be the difference between securing a property and missing it.

Inspection, inventory and move-in reports. Several pages, each to be acknowledged. Initials on every page with a signature at the end are set up once in the editor.

Renewals and notices. Short documents with a deadline. Quick Send handles them: upload, enter the tenant's email, send, and reminders go out every three days until it is signed.

Management agreements between owners and agents. Signed once, referred to for years, so a reliable archive matters more than speed.

What makes property signing go wrong, and the fix

• A tenant gives the wrong email. Correct it on the document's page; the old link stops working and the right person gets a new one.
• An offer sits unsigned while the deadline passes. Set a short link expiry for offers, so a stale offer cannot be signed late. An expired document can be renewed if both sides still want it.
• Nobody can find last year's lease. Every signed document stays in your account, and the full archive exports as a ZIP of PDFs and audit trails.
• Someone disputes a signature. Each document's audit trail records views and signatures with time, IP address and browser, and the signed PDF carries a verification code anyone can check.

Where the law still asks for more

Electronic signatures are widely accepted for leases and the contracts around a sale. Transfers of land are different: many jurisdictions require deeds to be signed in ink, witnessed, or executed before a notary, and some registries accept only specific qualified electronic signatures. Salsox provides simple electronic signatures with an audit trail, not qualified signatures. Use it for the agreements, and follow the land registry's rules for the deed. The overview of whether electronic signatures are legal explains the main frameworks.

A setup that suits most agents and landlords

The Business plan ($19 a month, 14-day trial) covers sequential signing, deposits at signing and the audit certificate inside each signed PDF. Smaller landlords who only need signatures, without payments or signing order, are covered by Personal at $9 a month. See pricing for both.