Well-traveled paperwork

One of the challenges of modern real estate practice is communication. Everything happens quickly, through text messaging, cell phones and email. My clients are constantly on the move, which makes for some interesting moments.

This week, one of my clients needed to sign his Purchase and Sales agreement. The problem was that he was at work. “So what?” you say. Well, he works in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. This contract needed to go by FedEx to Louisiana, then by helicopter to the oil rig, then back to Louisiana by chopper, and then us by FedEx.

Here’s the email I got back from my buyer:

The good news: I got the P&S, signed four copies three times each, and put it in the outgoing mail.

The bad news: the chopper it came out on broke down on our heli-deck
and is stuck until repairs can be effected. Thankfully, it's one of
the small helicopters that is stuck, so there is space to land a
second next to it (with a helicopter mechanic aboard). So, it should
get ashore sometime today. Funny how no matter how well you plan
things, the fates conspire to foul them up, if only slightly .

What jobs do you hold which would make it hard for you to buy real estate? What well-traveled contracts have you signed? What adventures did your paperwork have along the way to closing?

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