Can Emails and Text Messages Create a Binding Contract?

July 13, 2018 | Texas REALTORS® Staff

You know clients can sign contracts using services like Digital Ink and DocuSign. But can your clients end up with a binding contract from a series of emails or text messages—even if they didn’t mean to? Watch the latest Texas REALTOR® Magazine Minute to find out what Texas law says and how it can affect the way you communicate.

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Rick DeVoss

Perhaps the reason there are no comments on this subject is because it was a pretty vague posting that really didn’t tell us anything. ~Instead of saying “go to some website to see what I’m talking about…”, why not put a REAL answer right here for all to read?

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Can Emails and Text Messages Create a Binding Contract?

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