Electronic Document Signing in 1-2-3…

As of July of this year you can sign your real estate documents electronically! This is an exciting advancement in the real estate biz because it stands to dramatically increase the efficiency of real estate sales professionals.

Now that you can sign documents electronically – how will you do it?

You may be thinking – yay, now I can email documents to clients to be signed… but let’s also think about face-to-face interactions with clients and how we can leverage electronic document signing to enhance their experience.

Our first piece of advice: get a tablet! This will make you be able to do far more on the go and you can incorporate this very useful mobile device into your client meetings – even as it relates to signing your documents electronically.

Depending on the document and the circumstances, in some instances you will need to meet the client, not only to negotiate initial agreements but also to verify their identity, interview them and perhaps view their home or take them out to see other homes.

This is your first opportunity to impress. Now you can pull out your tablet and use ViMO (which by the way can also be used to verify identification) and create listing and representation agreements with the client. With a swipe of a finger, the client can sign them and then you can email the client a copy.

Effortless – no more reams of papers, having to scribble changes on pre-prepared forms at meetings, no more sorting out copies for your clients.

Now you have landed the client! In the case of a buyer, you take them out on the road to see properties. Using your ViMO app you can research listings in the area that match your client’s criteria and contact the other agent electronically through the app to arrange the appointment.

First house, bam – your client wants to make an offer.

Now you can use your ViMO app to create the offer. Again, your client can sign with the swipe of their finger and again you can transmit the documents through ViMO to the other real estate sales professional (assuming they are a ViMO user).

There are different tools that you can use to sign real estate documents electronically. Looking at different apps and what they offer and using them with other apps that perform various functions that you have to complete over the course of your job can streamline and reduce the number of apps you need on your tablet.

If you would like more information about how to sign real estate documents electronically in ViMO here is an e-book that walks you through, step by step, including print screens illustrating how you can create and sign your documents right on your tablet http://myvimo.ca/free-e-book-electronic-documents-in-real-estate/.

Not a ViMO user? Find out more about this revolutionary mobile app for real estate at www.myvimo.ca.