THE DEAL Property reference Whatever you call it in your own notes. Address, listing number, buyer's last name. Purchase price Earnest money The amount actually delivered, not the amount promised in the offer. Binding agreement date The date the last signature was delivered — not the date it was signed at the kitchen table. Closing date on the contract

THE CLOCK — DAYS FROM THE BINDING DATE Earnest money due within Days. Miss this and the seller can argue the contract was never funded. Due diligence period runs Days. When this ends the earnest money goes hard and the walk-away right is gone. Loan application due within Appraisal ordered by Title objection deadline Written loan commitment due Days. The last real off-ramp on most financed contracts.

WHO IS ON THIS DEAL Party 1 Type these exactly as they appear in the Who owes it column of the log. Party 2 Party 3 Party 4 Party 5 Party 6 Leave a slot blank if you do not use it. A blank slot counts nothing.

HOW YOU RUN IT Days ahead that count as due soon Anything due inside this many days is flagged Due soon on the log.

OPEN ITEMS BY PHASE

Offer—

Due diligence—

Financing—

Title—

Closing—

OPEN ITEMS BY WHO OWES IT

Party 1—

Party 2—

Party 3—

Party 4—

Party 5—

Party 6—

KEY DATES ON THIS DEAL

Earnest money due—

Loan application due—

DUE DILIGENCE ENDS—

Appraisal ordered by—

Title objection deadline—

Written loan commitment due—

Final walk-through (day before closing)—

CLOSING—

DAYS REMAINING

Days until earnest money is due—

DAYS UNTIL THE MONEY GOES HARD—

Days until the loan commitment is due—

Days until the walk-through—

Days until closing—

EARNEST MONEY

Earnest money as a share of price—

Earnest money now non-refundable—

Days from binding to closing—

WHERE THIS DEAL STANDS

Milestones on this deal—

Finished—

Still open—

Percent of the deal complete—

Overdue right now—

Due inside the next few days—

Waiting on the other side—

Documents still not in the file—

Milestone Log

One row per thing that has to happen. Days and Flag fill themselves in.

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OPEN ITEMS BY PHASE

OPEN ITEMS BY WHO OWES IT

KEY DATES ON THIS DEAL

DAYS REMAINING

EARNEST MONEY

WHERE THIS DEAL STANDS

Milestone Log

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