Any idea why I would need to sign the P&S agreement five times?

Question

My agent has asked me to provide five original copies of the P&S agreement for the listing agent's party. It seems to me that I should be able to sign one original copy and make 5 photocopies. But he insists that I need to sign 5 original copies. He's a new agent, so I'm skeptical.

Answer 1

Yup, he's a new agent, and there is no way 5 copies, all with my original signatures, need to be floating around.

He only needs one, that way you KNOW which one is signed.

At closing...the attorney may pass around multiple copies of some of the closing docs so everyone has an original copy with original signatures with everything, and that is common.

There is NO reason why a Realtor needs that.

Answer 2

i would actually be suspicious if they only wanted one signature and was going to make copies.
everything in real estate is pretty much done on original...
take the case of closing...you sign almost every page of the document at closing (hundreds of pages----2 separate sets)
each set has your original signatures.

good luck