Listing a Deal You Contracted Outside the App

Category: Dispositions
Access Level: All D4D Users

Overview

Not every deal starts in the app. Maybe you signed the seller on paper at the kitchen table, sent your own DocuSign, used an attorney's or title company's form, or found the property through another channel. Maybe you're a licensed agent with a listing agreement. You can still list it on the marketplace and send it to buyers.

This guide covers:

which path fits you: wholesaler or agent;
what to have ready;
adding the deal in one step, from a link to your listing, or from a spreadsheet;
publishing, and what you confirm when you do;
how buyers see your contract and terms;
what stays private;
the listing rules.

Wholesaler or Agent: Which Path

When you add a deal you choose who you are on it. That choice sets the labels buyers see, the document you attach, and what you confirm before publishing.

	Wholesaler (assignment)	Licensed agent (listing)
You hold	A signed purchase contract with the owner	A listing agreement with the owner
Buyers buy	Your contract, by assignment or double close	The property, from the owner, through you
Price you enter	Contract price, plus your assignment fee	List price
Document you attach	The signed Purchase Agreement	The Listing Agreement
Shown with the listing	Nothing about you	Your name, license number and brokerage

Before You Start

Have these in hand:

the property address;
the price (contract price or list price);
the date the contract or listing agreement expires, required;
the date it was signed, and the closing and inspection dates if you have them;
the signed document: a PDF, or a clear photo of every page;
for agents: the name on your license, your license number and state, and your brokerage.

Add the Deal

You can start from three places. They all open the same short form.

Marketplace → Seller Board → New Listing → Contract signed outside the app?
Leads → New Lead → Deal already under contract
Leads Board → Add outside contract

Then:

Pick who you are on this deal (wholesaler or licensed agent). The app remembers your choice on this device.
Agents only: fill in Your license the first time. It's saved for next time.
Enter the property address. If the property is already in your leads, the form says so. Choose Use it to add the contract to that lead, or Add it as a new property.
Enter the price, the condition level (Turnkey, Light rehab, Heavy rehab or Teardown) and the dates.
Attach your signed purchase agreement or listing agreement. You can skip this for now, but you can't publish without it.
Tap Save and continue to listing.

The app adds the property to your leads at Under Contract with the dates you entered, files the document privately on the lead, and opens the listing form with your numbers already filled in. A follow-up is scheduled three days before the contract expires, so you're reminded to line up a buyer in time.

Fill It From Your Listing (Agents)

In the form, under Fill from your listing:

Listing link: paste the link to your listing page and tap Read listing. Brokerage and IDX pages usually work.
Paste listing text: copy the listing's details from any site and paste them in. Use this for sites that block automatic reading, such as Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin.

The form tells you how many fields it filled. Check each one before you save: nothing is saved until you do. Photos are never copied from a listing page. Add your own on the listing.

Import Many Listings From a Spreadsheet

If you have more than a few listings, tap Import listings (CSV) in New Listing, or Many listings? CSV in the form.

Tap Template to download a starter file, or use your own with matching column names.
Choose whether these are your listings as a licensed agent or contracts you hold.
Choose the file. Every row is checked and shown with Ready or the problem to fix.
Tap Import as drafts.

Column	Required	Notes
address	Yes	Street address
city, state, zip	Recommended	State as two letters
price	Yes	List price or contract price
expiration	Yes	Or set one date for all rows in the import screen
condition	No	turnkey, light rehab, heavy rehab or teardown
property_type, bedrooms, bathrooms, square_feet, year_built	No
headline, description	No	Needed before you publish

Up to 100 rows per file. Each row becomes a draft listing. A row whose property already has a listing in progress is skipped. Before each draft can go live, upload its signed document and publish it.

Finish and Publish

In the listing form, check the numbers and add a headline, a description and photos.
Wholesalers: choose whether buyers see your price breakdown. Off, they see only the total asking price. On, they also see your contract price and assignment fee.
Tap Create Listing, then Publish to Marketplace. You can also publish later with Publish on the listing, or by dragging it to Active on the Seller Board.
Confirm the statements in Before this goes live and tap Publish.

Publishing checks:

Requirement	Why
Headline, description, a future expiration	The basics
Your purchase agreement or listing agreement attached to the listing	Proof you control the deal
That document is not visible to buyers	It shows your contract price and the owner's details
Agents: your license details	Shown on agent listings, as advertising rules require
Your confirmation	See Listing Rules

If you uploaded the document on the lead, it's attached to the listing for you. You confirm once per listing; republishing it later doesn't ask again.

How Buyers See Your Terms

Buyers never see your document. They see the terms that matter, labeled as stated by you:

Key terms at the top: the close-by date and how many days are left, earnest money and when it goes hard, the deal type, and the condition level.
A Contract & terms section: contract status, deal type, close-by and inspection dates, earnest money, condition and occupancy. In the app, signed-in buyers also see the expiration.
A line saying you confirmed you hold a signed contract (or a listing agreement), with the date. It also says D4D Pro keeps it on file but doesn't verify it.
Agent listings: Listed by your name, brokerage and license number.

What Stays Private

Private	Who can see it
Your signed purchase agreement or listing agreement	You and your team. Our review team can open it to check a listing, and every view is logged.
The owner's name, signatures and your contract terms in the document	Same as above
Your contract price and assignment fee	Your team only, unless you turn on Show price breakdown
Your contract expiration on the public deal page	Never shown there. Buyers see the close-by date.
Your name and company	Not shown on wholesale listings. On an agent listing your licensed name, license number and brokerage are shown, because state advertising rules require it.

Listing Rules

When you publish, you confirm the statements below. Buyers rely on them, we keep a record of what you confirmed, and listings that turn out not to match are removed.

Wholesalers confirm that:

you hold a signed purchase contract for the property with the owner, and the document you attached is that contract;
the contract allows assignment, or you have the owner's written consent to assign it or double close;
you follow your state's rules for marketing a contract you don't own. Several states require a license, a registration or a written disclosure to the seller or buyer. See Do You Need a License to Wholesale?.

Agents confirm that:

you hold a current written listing agreement, or the owner's written authorization to market the property, and the document you attached is that agreement;
the owner has authorized marketing it here, and doing so follows your MLS and brokerage rules. Some MLSs require a listing that is publicly marketed to be filed with the MLS within a set time;
your license is active in the property's state, your broker is aware of the listing, and your license details are accurate.

Never list:

a property you don't have under contract or a listing agreement for;
a contract that has expired or been cancelled;
someone else's deal without their written permission.

Buyers can report a listing, including Seller doesn't hold or control this contract. Listings that collect several reports are hidden while we review them.

This is general information, not legal advice. When in doubt, ask a real estate attorney in your state.

FAQ

I signed on paper. Do I need to re-sign in the app?
No. Upload a PDF or clear photos of the signed pages. You don't need to send it for e-signature again.

The property isn't in my leads. Do I have to add it first?
No. The form adds it for you at Under Contract.

The property is already in my leads at an earlier stage.
Choose Use it when the form finds it. The lead moves to Under Contract and the move is recorded as a contract signed outside the app.

My contract doesn't allow assignment.
Get the owner's written consent to assign, or double close. Don't publish until one of those is true.

Can buyers download my contract?
No. It's private to your team. Plan to share what an accepted buyer needs during closing.

I'm an agent. Will an accepted offer create an assignment contract?
No. Agent listings never generate assignment paperwork. You and the buyer work on your state's forms.

I entered the wrong address.
Edit the lead's address before you create the listing. Once a listing exists, withdraw it and start again so buyers never see the wrong property.

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