In Washington state, all Realtors should be retaining and storing their text messages as material correspondence in the transaction file. In a recent court case, the court ruled that what was said in a text message between two realtors created a legally binding contract.
Whether your state requires it yet or not, it’s a good idea to include a copy of all communications–including text messages–in the transaction file.
With Property Concierge, you add instructions and questions for the vendor as a note in the app, and it sends that to the other person via both a text message and email. It’s all recorded in the history for that listing, and you can export that history as a PDF. This means you can include it in a file folder for that transaction, or print it and include it in a physical transaction folder. Here’s an example:
