Contract dates and deadlines
Almost no deadline in a purchase contract is a date. It is a number of days from a reference point, which is why moving one moves six others.
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Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min
25 updates to send your client from contract to keys
Client update messages for every stage of escrow, from the accepted offer to the week after closing, short enough to text and ready to copy. Including the hard ones, a late appraisal, a slipping deadline, and a week with no news.
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Oct 10, 2026 · 8 min
What a week of transactions looks like in KeyFlow
One week of an ordinary book, screen by screen. A contract comes in, a closing moves, a client wants an update, and the money keeps pace, each next to what the same moment costs you in a spreadsheet, a calendar, and a text thread.
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Sep 12, 2026 · 4 min
Before you agree to push the closing
Three questions to ask before you say yes to a two-week extension, what each yes costs on a $9,000 commission, and the exact words to send the other side and your client.
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Aug 22, 2026 · 6 min
One date moves and six deadlines move with it
One hypothetical contract, before and after its contract date slips two days, with every deadline re-dated and the reason it moved. Then the two-minute routine for when it happens on your deal.