How to get out of state tenants to sign lease?

[Seth B.]

So I have 2 tenants that are from out of state from where I am at. They both recently got jobs and they made the trek out here to look at a bunch of places. They decided they wanted to go with us and after running the application on them they are great! 

The challenge is they will not be back until end of July because that is when they are moving up here. How do I get them to sign the lease, or can I just get a written confirmation move in date then have them sign the lease? Please advise

Thanks!

[Linda Weygant]

Originally posted by @Seth B.:

So I have 2 tenants that are from out of state from where I am at. They both recently got jobs and they made the trek out here to look at a bunch of places. They decided they wanted to go with us and after running the application on them they are great! 

The challenge is they will not be back until end of July because that is when they are moving up here. How do I get them to sign the lease, or can I just get a written confirmation move in date then have them sign the lease? Please advise

Thanks!

 Well, there's the traditional methods.  US Mail or FedEx to them.  They sign and USMail or FedEx back.

There's email them the lease, have them sign it, scan it and email back.  Or US Mail or FedEx back.

There's one of the online signature services.  I use RocketLawyer (no affiliation - just a satisfied user)

You *could* wait for them to come back to town, but you've really got no legal agreement until they sign.  They could back out at the last minute with no repercussions.