RENTREDI - LEASE SIGNING

[Carson Weis]

Evening BP community! For those using or who have switched to rentredi, how do you feel about the tenant only being able to one click sign? I have initial spots on every page and multiple signatures throughout the lease. Has anyone vetted this through an attorney that it will hold up in court? Picking the communities brain before I go to my attorney on his input. Thanks in advance, always looking for insight and folks to connect with!

[Marcus Auerbach]

Electronic signatures on a lease are a really bad idea! I have tried it and quickly when back to signing in person at the house. Because signing the lease is the ONLY time when we have a chance to educate a new tenant on everything that is important to us:

- our expectations on how to treat the house, rules and regulations

- how to report maintenance issues, what to look for (water, sump pump, roof, downspout extensions,..)

- how to communicate with us

- how to operate the house: from GFCI to furnace filter, how to clean a glass cooktop 

- point out key issues like pet policy, new girlfriend moving in etc

You think anyone reads the lease when they e-sign it? Maybe the headlines. If you don't train your tenants, you'll have to live with the consequences!