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Contract Milestone Tracker

Never miss inspection, appraisal, financing, or closing deadlines

Contracts have a dozen deadlines and a dozen parties. This recipe extracts key dates, builds a milestone plan with reminders and escalation, and keeps everyone — buyer, seller, lender, title — on the same page.

House RecipeWork5 min

INGREDIENTS

📅Calendar✉️Email

PROMPT

Create an OpenClaw recipe that builds a full milestone plan when a transaction goes under contract: - Extract key dates: inspection, appraisal, financing contingency, title, closing - Create tasks with reminders at T-7, T-3, T-1 and escalation on overdue - Auto-invite parties to appointments; request missing info (e.g., lender contact) - Send a client-friendly "what happens next" timeline - On amendments: re-sync all tasks, events, and notifications automatically - Route ambiguous deadlines to human review Buyer email subject: "Your purchase timeline: next 2 weeks" My transaction tool is: [Dotloop / SkySlope / other] My CRM is: [your CRM]

How It Works

When a transaction goes under contract, this recipe creates a standardized

milestone plan: inspection, appraisal order, financing contingency, title/escrow

milestones, and closing date. Each milestone gets reminders at T-7, T-3, and T-1.

If a milestone isn't marked complete by its cutoff, it escalates. When dates change

via amendment, everything re-syncs automatically.

What You Get

  • Auto-generated milestone plan based on transaction type
  • Reminders at T-7, T-3, and T-1 for each deadline
  • Escalation when milestones are overdue or prerequisites are missing
  • Client-friendly "what happens next" timeline email
  • Auto-invites to key appointments (inspection, appraisal, closing)
  • Amendment handling: date changes re-sync all tasks, events, and notifications

Setup Steps

  1. Connect your transaction management tool, calendar, and messaging
  2. Define milestone templates per transaction type (purchase, sale, lease)
  3. Set reminder windows and escalation rules
  4. Add your party roster template (buyer, seller, agents, lender, title)
  5. Customize the client timeline email

Tips

  • Never guess on missing or ambiguous deadlines — route to human review instead
  • Only create milestones from the executed contract, not backup offers
  • Send the client timeline email within 24h of going under contract
  • When dates change, notify all parties immediately (don't batch)
  • Use this alongside the Inspection & Appraisal Coordinator recipe for full coverage
Tags:#real-estate#transaction#deadlines#checklists#automation