Transactions & the business
Contracts, e-signature, and what your software really costs you
Between the accepted offer and the closing table sits a stack of dates, documents and signatures. And under the whole business sits a stack of software subscriptions. This
Read what an e-signature legally needs, why your CRM should know what a transaction is, and what a CRM actually costs a team once you add
Every guide in Transactions & the business
Every state's transfer tax, checked: 36 places charge one, 15 don't, and on a $400,000 sale it runs from $40 to $16,000. Who pays
Yes, e-signed real estate contracts are binding in the US under ESIGN and UETA. What a valid signature needs, which documents differ, and what
What buyers pay at closing in every state: lender and loan fees, title, buyer-only taxes like Florida's note stamps and New York's mortgage
Every line on a seller net sheet explained: commissions, payoffs, title, transfer taxes and prorations, with a worked example and every
Real estate CRMs stop at the contract and transaction platforms start there. The gap between them is where deadlines get missed, and
Most agents can name their CRM bill and not much else. The arithmetic on the whole stack at September 2026 prices, and where the money and
