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Introduction

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Best Practices for Success

Frequently Asked Questions

Understanding the Contract / Management System

  Add Notes to Contracts Created
  Adding a CoLister or CoBuyers Agent to Contracts
  Allow Listing Agent To View Documents
  Allow Buyer's Agent to View Documents
  Assign a Single Transaction to Another eContracts Agent
  Change The Status Of A Transaction
  CoListing_CoBuyers Agent Sign Using Personal Electronic Signature
  Copy - Duplicate Locked Contracts
  Copying From An Existing Contract
  Company-Business-POA-Trustee name as a Client in all Contracts
  Creating and Using Contract Templates
  Creating A New Contract
  Create an Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Contract from Contract to Buy and Sell
  Create Counterproposal from within the Detailed Transaction
  Customize How Clients with Contracts are Displayed
  Date and Time Contracts Were Last Modified
  Display Clients with Contracts in Property Address Order
  Editing Section of Contracts-Disclosures
  Entering Client Information in Contracts
  Hidden Contracts
  How to Know When a Contract/Document Has Been Created
  Legal Advisor In Some Parent Contracts
  Offer Received From An eContracts Agent
  Parent Contracts
  Practice Contract
  Quick Start Feature
  Save All Docs Feature
  Save Button
  Selecting or Deleting Calendar Dates in a Contract
  Seller`s Estimate Net Sheet
  Street Type and Unit Fields – How to Add and Delete
  Strikethrough Contract Text
  View and Upload CBS Received Through Integration
  View Transaction Assigned to you from Another eContracts Agent
  Virtual Office
  Where to Find Contract(s) After You Have Saved and Closed Parent Contract

Interactive Electronic Contracts-Documents

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Quick Minute Updates

CTM One Users

Integration OR Linking Transactions

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Smart eContracts & Templating

Account Personal InfoThis help topic has a video
Account: Payments - Cancel Account Link
Attend LIVE Training Courses
Auto Dating Deadlines Template
Auto-Correction on Disclosures/Documents Feature
Brokerage Firm Benefits of Smart TemplatingThis help topic has a video
Cancel Account Instructions
Clause Library Feature
Client Access FeatureThis help topic has a video
Client DatabaseThis help topic has a video
Closing MLS InfoThis help topic has a video
Contract Deadlines Communication ToolsThis help topic has a video
Contract Deadlines Tracking System
Contract FoldersThis help topic has a video
Contract to Buy and Sell Features
Custom Labels and Letters FeatureThis help topic has a video
Customer Support
Dashboard BASIC NavigationThis help topic has a video
Disclosures - How To's
Docs Management SystemThis help topic has a video
Documents that can be Completed by Participants OnlineThis help topic has a video
Double Ended/Sided ContractThis help topic has a video
eCalendar FeatureThis help topic has a video
eContact SheetThis help topic has a video
Email Contracts Feature
Full ReportThis help topic has a video
Home Warranty Order Feature
Initial Lines on Printed Contracts Feature
Listing Transaction - SubFOLDERSThis help topic has a video
Log - Notes FeatureThis help topic has a video
Message System FeatureThis help topic has a video
Miscellaneous Contracts Folder
Mortgage CalculatorThis help topic has a video
Navigating eContractsThis help topic has a video
O & E OrderThis help topic has a video
Parent Contract TemplatesThis help topic has a video
PDF Print - Printing A ContractThis help topic has a video
Printing Contracts/Documents OptionsThis help topic has a video
Property Insurance Order FeatureThis help topic has a video
Quick Start FeatureThis help topic has a video
Reports Feature: SOLD Transactions ReportThis help topic has a video
Saving a Contract-Document to your ComputerThis help topic has a video
Signature Certificate This help topic has a video
Software Requirements
Team Member AccessThis help topic has a video
Title Order
Transaction CoordinatorThis help topic has a video
Utilities General Information
Utilities Personal Settings
Vacation Notice FeatureThis help topic has a video
Web InitialsThis help topic has a video
Web SignatureThis help topic has a video

Creating A New Contract

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All of our Contracts/Disclosures have two sections:

Editing Section and Print Preview/Signature View

EDITING SECTION The Editing Section of the contract is where you work (fill in the specifics for your client and transaction address, edit, update and make changes). Your clients will never see this section or have access to it.

PRINT PREVIEW/SIGNATURE VIEW Print Preview is how your clients receive and view the contract or documents when you email or when they are printed. It is available after you click the SAVE button for the first time.

 

HOW TO CREATE A NEW CONTRACT/DISCLOSURE

1.  From any of the three eContract folders, click on the orange link CREATE NEW CONTRACT.

NOTE: Be sure to pay attention to whether the link says:

CREATE NEW CONTRACT
CREATE NEW CONTRACT (for this client)
OR
CREATE NEW CONTRACT (for this property)

2.  Then select the radio button to the left of the Parent Contract or document you would like to create from the selection

3.  Then click the Create Selected Contracts button. 

NOTE: The contract/document you have selected will open in its own browser, window or tab. Then complete the contract per the example below.

NOTE: When you email a contract/document it will be received in Print Preview, and the receiver can only read, print or email forward the document and it CAN NOT be modified.

NOTE: A few documents can be completed (not modified) by the Seller/Buyer such as Seller’s Property Disclosure and Lead Based Paint Disclosure.

NOTE: The vertical numbering on the left side of the Contract in the Editing Section will not match the numbering in the Print Preview. The information you have typed will be in a different font with a default color of blue. Even if you need to fax it a few times, it will be easy to read. If you want to change the default to black go to Utilities and locate eContracts Settings. Locate the checkbox for Contract Print out Font Color and check to "Print in Black".

NOTE: Web Signatures are available to see only when the contract is printed or when you are in Print Preview/Signature View.

SAVE BUTTON: Every contract, disclosure, or other document has a blue SAVE button at the Top and Bottom of the page. Both buttons will save the document. In a Parent Contract, you also have a convenient floating SAVE button on the right side that follows you up and down, so you do not have to scroll to the top or bottom of the contract to save. It is important to use any of these SAVE buttons frequently to save any data input or keep any changes made to the documents.

NOTE: This is an online application and needs to be saved often. There is NO AUTOSAVE.

 

HOW TO KNOW WHEN A CONTRACT/DISCLOSURE/DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CREATED

Please notice that a CONTRACT/DISCLOSURE/DOCUMENT is not created until you click SAVE. Then two more icons will appear at the top right corner of the worksheet - Print Preview/Signature View and PDF Print.

You will also see a green Saved Successfully hh:mm:ss (time) message appear. This means that the Contract Has Been Created in the system and can be retrieved at any time.

QUICK “Go To” Links - Found on Parent Contracts only, there are few links right under the floating SAVE button, that will allow you to go to specific topics in the contract instantly. 

SELECTING CALENDAR DATE - Anywhere in eContracts that a date is necessary, use the Calendar to enter the date. Click on the calendar icon and a window will display the current month. Once you select the appropriate date, it will drop automatically in the Calendar Date Box. The arrows located on the top will allow you to navigate through months (single arrow) and years (double arrow).

INSERT/REMOVE “N/A” - By default when a new contract is created, n/a is automatically populated into all empty boxes. You can remove or insert n/a by using the n/a: Insert Remove feature which is located at the bottom of the contract.  Just check your selection then click SAVE. The default can be changed by going to Utilities and clicking on eContracts Settings.

ENTERING CLIENT INFORMATION - At the end of the Legal Language of the document is the Administrative section of all Parent Contracts.  Client Information must be entered into this contract once, so the client's information populates to your eContact Sheet. Up to 8 Buyers/Sellers can be added to the contract.

New Client - In the case of a new client you can input the client’s information in two ways.

1. Type it in the Clients Database first (Recommended) Enter the client in the Clients Database first and then bring it into the Contract. The client will be considered an Existing Client for the purpose of bringing the info into the contract. The Client’s info will be more complete in the Clients Database, with email address, client type, reminders, etc. See details under the Client Database topic. You can pull in the client’s information when you enter Buyers/Sellers in the contract. To do so click on the orange Client Database link in the section of the Parent Contract where you enter the client's name(s). A window will open displaying your client list. Select the client you wish to add to the contract and click go. All the client’s information (names, address, phone, etc.) will automatically populate into the contract.

2. Type it directly into the Contract and add it to the Client Database If the client information was typed into the contract and you wish to add this client to your Clients Database you can add them as one or separate clients:

As One Client: The first and second clients can be added to the database as one client by marking the checkbox to the right of Add to Client Database: Client 1st and 2nd as one Client (e.g., husband & wife)

Separate Clients: To add the clients as separate clients into the client database (e.g., two investors) mark the checkbox next to the name for each name: Add or Update to Client Database

ADDING BUSINESS, POA or TRUSTEE NAMES TO CONTRACT - When in the contract go to below Define Terms and click on Click here to Enter Company / Trust Name Type the name of the company, estate, trust, relo company etc. in this box.

Signers Name: Type the name of the signer in the First Name, Middle Name and Last Name boxes in the correct columns.

Title of Signer: Type in the title of the signer (POA, Trustee, President, Managing Member etc.)

Remove Company Name: To remove the company name, highlight the company name, click delete and then click SAVE.

NOTE: If you select both boxes Add to Client Database: Client 1st and 2nd as one Client and Add to Client Database, it will be added twice to the Clients Database, once with both clients under Client1 and then Client2 as a separate entry. As mentioned above you can type the client’s information directly into the contract and save it in your Clients Database, but it is recommended to input the client’s information in your Clients Database first.

When you create a contract, you can bring the information into the contract using the Client Database link. ALWAYS be sure to click the blue SAVE Button.

NOTE: If you have pulled client’s information into a contract from the Clients Database and saved it, any changes made to the Clients Database WILL NOT appear in the contract that has already been created and saved. The changes to that client in the Clients Database will reflect only in new contracts created after the client’s information was changed.


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