Description
Develop, negotiate, and administer real estate purchase, sale, lease, and service contracts for a real estate office or commercial firm. Oversee the contract lifecycle, ensure legal and regulatory compliance, coordinate financing and due diligence, and support closings.
- • Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements for real property.
- • Prepare and secure listing, representation, and engagement agreements with owners and clients.
- • Track milestones and enforce fulfillment of contract terms, contingencies, and deadlines.
- • Analyze market comparables and deal metrics to validate pricing and rent assumptions in contracts.
- • Facilitate negotiations on price, contingencies, representations, warranties, and closing terms.
- • Build and maintain contract files, exhibits, addenda, and term sheets in contract management systems.
- • Maintain current knowledge of contract law, real estate regulations, fair housing, financing instruments, and government programs.
- • Review lender, attorney, title, escrow, and survey deliverables for contract compliance.
- • Coordinate financing contingencies, loan commitments, and closing packages with lenders.
- • Review appraisals and income analyses to confirm alignment with contractual requirements.
- • Assess risk and compliance with tax rules, zoning, building codes, and land-use restrictions referenced in contracts.
- • Manage contract workflows, approvals, signatures, and records retention for the office.
- • Advise and train agents and brokers on contract strategy, clauses, and standard forms.
- • Draft, negotiate, and administer commercial and residential lease agreements and amendments.
- • Order and evaluate title commitments, surveys, and lien searches; coordinate resolution of title defects.
- • Provide stakeholders with contract status updates, reports, and virtual review sessions.
- • Ensure environmental, insurance, and other due-diligence deliverables satisfy contractual and regulatory requirements.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
