Property manager taking several days to also sign lease (tenant, deposit, credit check)

[Pinklinka]

Hi,

Has anyone ever signed a lease and then had to wait several days for the property manager to also sign the lease?

It's making me very uneasy. And I wished I had known to not let that happen.

I'm just wondering if this is a common practice. I have never encountered it before, but I've only rented from like 3 other places.

[JLB001]

Was it an electronic lease they sent you? Or was an actual lease you went in and signed in person?

[bentlebee]

It could be that the property manager has to forward it to the owner to have the owner sign. Some of the owners we work with demand to sign a lease themselves but most of them allow us to sign a lease on behalf of them and we have a POA.

That may very well be the additional time frame.

[HeadedToDiego]

Seems slightly strange, but bentlebee may be correct with this. Owners have different things they deem important.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by Pinklinka

Has anyone ever signed a lease and then had to wait several days
for the property manager to also sign the lease?

No. Never.

As noted above there could be a thousand legitimate reasons why...
but I wouldn't go past close of business tomorrow (Monday) to have it sorted out.
Did you also give them deposit money?

[Katie1]

We sign the lease 30 days before due date.

[STT Resident]

Originally Posted by Pinklinka

It's making me very uneasy.

Pick up the 'phone and call the property manager ...

[Hemlock140]

I'm in commercial but we always sign the lease withing a day or two. All of the legal review
and credit checking is done prior to sending it to the tenant for signature. The only reason we would delay is if the 3-4 people authorized to execute it are all away.