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0 pointsrchaud4y ago0 comments

I was allowed to do that when requesting $5 transcripts from my university registrar's office.

When you're buying an apartment for many multiples of that, it's Docusign or nothing.

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number64y ago· 1 in thread

Here in Germany if you are buying an apartment there is a notary who actually reads the whole contract out loud. Then he checks if every party with their ID and then watches over the signatures.

No way you could buy an apartment with docusign.

Apart from that you can sign most contracts however you like or not at all if you can proof that both parties agreed to the contract e.g. by paying the invoice.

rchaudOP4y ago

Docusign is just one part of the process I described, namely the process of making a formal offer. To complete the transaction, you need to have a lawyer look over all the documentation and get their approval first. The lawyers also hold the funds in escrow, and release them only when all parties sign off, and the keys are handed over.

Most people will also purchase title insurance in case the current owner has liens on the property that the lawyers did not find.

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