Practice area · Real Estate

Details

How the tools fit a real estate matter, the documents involved and the rules they draft around.

Process

Intake through delivery

1

The contract

The Contract Analyzer flags risky clauses in a purchase contract or lease and lists its key dates, so the buyer or tenant sees what needs attention first.

2

The deadlines

Matter Management keeps the inspection, financing and closing dates you enter, and the Website Intake Assistant saves a buyer who calls about a deadline that is close.

3

The documents

The Document Drafter writes the closing retainer, client letters and the seller checklist from your facts, with Florida's disclosure rules where they apply.

4

The follow-through

Reply to the seller's agent, the lender or the title company with the Email Assistant. Each draft is saved and nothing is sent without you.

Documents

The documents a real estate firm uses

These are real Document Drafter types. Lengths are for the document itself, and about 450 words fill a page.

Retainer Agreement

The engagement for a purchase, sale or lease, with scope, the flat or hourly fee and what is paid at closing. Short length runs about 800 to 1,200 words. Every plan.

Client Letter

Plain-English advice on a contract term, an inspection result or the next step before closing. Standard length runs about 400 to 700 words. Every plan.

Settlement Letter

Proposes or confirms terms for a dispute over a deposit, a repair or a missed closing date, with an acceptance deadline. Standard length runs about 700 to 1,200 words. Every plan.

Legal Memo

An internal memorandum on a title, zoning or contract question, with authority left for you to fill in and verify. Standard length runs about 1,400 to 2,300 words. Every plan.

Checklist

A working closing or disclosure checklist for the file, such as the seller's items before closing. Standard length runs about 300 to 600 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Motion

A motion for a dispute that goes to court, such as a lis pendens or a claim for a return of a deposit, with clearly marked places for case authority. Standard length runs about 1,500 to 2,800 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Rules

Real estate rules differ by transaction and by state

Ramtek's state reference file covers filing periods for injury and contract claims. The tools also draft around the Florida rules below, and every answer about a specific rule comes with its source.

MatterWhere the rule comes fromWhat the tool does
Seller flood disclosureFla. Stat. § 689.302Lists the flood items a seller must disclose in the checklist. It does not decide whether a property is in a flood zone
Security deposit on a leaseFla. Stat. § 83.49Drafts the landlord's notice or the tenant's demand. The deadline runs from when the tenant moves out, so the dates come from your facts
Residential purchase contractThe contract itselfPulls the inspection, financing and closing dates from the contract for the Contract Analyzer's key-terms list

Confirm the current rule for your state before you rely on it. Rules change, and contracts often set their own dates.

Limits

What stays with you

It does not give title or survey opinions

It reads the documents you provide. It does not search title or check a survey, and an attorney confirms both.

It does not set the closing date

The contract sets the dates. Matter Management keeps the ones you enter, and it does not calculate them.

It does not value a property

It does not estimate a price, a repair cost or a rent. It drafts around the figures you give it.

It does not send or sign

Every letter, checklist and email is a draft for an attorney to review and send.