How to Use Signatures for Property Management Approvals

Simplify the rental application process with electronic signature fields

To find the right tenant for your rental property, you need to be able to seamlessly collect a variety of forms. Paper forms often lead to messy, disorganized, and even incomplete applications. This can be a significant administrative burden for your team, resulting in disgruntled and unhappy employees. Not only does a lengthy process impact your internal team’s day-to-day operations, but, your applicants are faced with filling out several forms and then manually handing them into your office. This lengthy process means that your team spends more time focusing on mundane tasks like data entry and less on filling empty properties. Not only is this outdated process inefficient, but can be hard to scale as your business continues to grow. 

With digital forms, your team can seamlessly collect forms such as rental history, tax returns, credit reports, applicant fees, and proof of income. For property managers, knowing certain information (like if the person is the age of 18 or older and if their income is three times the monthly rent) will determine their eligibility for the property. This critical information can be collected through a digital form and give you insight into whether the application is approvable or not. Learn more about the top digital forms for property managers here.

Applicant and property management teams also need the ability to sign off on important contracts and documents with ease from their computer or mobile device. Digital forms simplify this process, allowing property management teams to easily equip their documents with electronic Signature fields. The drag-and-drop functionality of GoFormz allows even the least technologically savvy employees to create forms that look just like your existing rental application forms. 

GoFormz has provided us with an innovative solution to compliment the system we have put in place with Balmain & Care. The online form they have created is an invaluable tool that not only simplifies the experience for purchasers, residents, and building managers but also streamlines our internal workflow. —
— Mick O'Connell, Construction Manager, Balmain & Co.

With digital signature fields, you can collect electronic signatures without the hassle of going into an office. Learn below how to add a digital Signature field to your application documents to streamline approvals. 

How to make a field 'required' in GoFormz
  1. Start by logging into your GoFormz account and opening your desired form Template (if you don’t already have a Template, learn to build one here)

  2. Access the Template Fields panel on the left side of the screen and locate Signature

  3. Simply drag-and-drop the Signature field onto your mobile form Template

  4. Resize your Signature field to fit your form 

  5. To make a Signature Required, you can simply adjust the field in the right-hand Properties panel. 

  6. Locate the Required property and select ‘Yes’.

With electronic Signature fields, long are the days of chasing down tenants for autographs on important documents. You can now seamlessly build custom and dynamic forms that can be completed anytime and anywhere to streamline property management approvals. GoFormz is free for the first fourteen days and no credit card is required to sign up. Get started today and begin to transform your operations and reduce application processing time.