How I Got Converted Into An Ecstatic Believer

Peggy--thanks!  (And I'm really not on their payroll!)

sitting here right now, trying to get an offer signed.  One spouse got it, the other didn't.  Urgh.

Listing agent on the road in California, one of the sellers traveling, too.  So that should be an ideal scenario.

An -- thanks so much!  And yes, I'm using it right now to deliver a contract across the country.  Still struggling a bit with some aspects (order of recepients; why does it kick out their email addresses over and over again; is there a way of combining forms from zipforms with uploaded docs all in one folder?).  But it's quite cool.

Claude-- I didn't mean to ignore you!  And yes, I can see how your clients would love that you offer this option.  Last night, I wrote a whole contract this way, got it signed and then delivered it to the other agent who is on vacation across the country.  He forwarded it to the other parties from his own smart phone, and by the morning we should have the last initials executed.  It was a bit of a challenge to keep all the elements from different sources (zipform, scans, etc,) together and to understand how the order of the recipients works, but I'm sure next time it's a lot quicker.

Marcie--you and a Luddite!  Ha!  (Then again, look at all those elderly ladies in the office now with iPad meetings...)  No, seriously, I'm not totally sure what I'm going to go with.  I signed up for the free month of the unlimited version, and that seems great once you have more or less figured it out.  I think if we don't want to miss the boat on the company discount, we'll have to decide this week, though.  Somebody said that the pay-as-you-go option (you buy a bunch of "transaction credits" that don't expire) only works with zipforms but not with individually uploaded documents (like scans or things that were emailed to you).  Not sure that's true--may have to pass this on to the eSign experts who chimed in here. 

David--Yes, I think I will feel that way, too!  In fact, DocuSign got them the house.  There was no way we would have done this at 2 am (which is when we finished) if we hadn't all been on our own couches!  The house had come on the market the same day (Monday), was lovely and -- underpriced.  Our offer was presented Tuesday morning, and we had a verbal agreement that afternoon.  The Sellers were supposed to come in at 8 am Wednesday to sign (why didn't I offer to add them to the Docusign "envelope" right away??!!), but that was called off when another (and, as it turned out, much better) offer was emailed on Tuesday night!  We ended up getting it, anyway, but it was a tough process, and again, the electronic signatures saved us because I couldn't have tracked the parties down in time.

That said, I'll probably hand in the check for the annual contract today...

Leah, for this most recent transaction (with the parties in four different locations at times) it has been such a life saver for me that I will from now on suggest it to anybody who is open to it. 

That said, i do rely on their servers when it comes to tracking signatures and/or deadlines (it's great to have exact timelines for everything), but I save every finalized document as a PDF file as well, even if it has been printed out.  The final contract I will always print out for the file, anyway, but this way you don't have to print every stage and change--which sometimes amounted to tons and tons of paper.   We don't have mandatory attorney review in our three jurisdictions here but instead use a mass of pre-worked-out forms.  In Montgomery County, MD, even the most basic offer (!) without any special addenda, that might never get accepted is nearly 50 pages to begin with...