For first-time home buyers

The biggest paperwork day
of your decade. Captured.

You get one shot to capture the full inspection report, the disclosures, the title docs, the warranties, the seller's contractor list, the appliance manuals. Miss it and the MLS listing disappears in three months. Capture it in Real Estate Ledger and you have a verified record for the next eleven years.

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Closing day · the only moment

Inspection report, disclosures, title docs, warranties, appliance manuals, seller's vendor list. All in one packet, exactly once.

11 years

Median ownership tenure

NAR 2025 Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers

~10%

Contracts delayed by inspection findings

NAR 2025

$8,808

Average annual maintenance spend

Bankrate 2025

The decade ahead

11

years until you sell it.
That's a long memory to keep.

In that window you'll accumulate:

  • ~5

    maintenance contractors hired

    HVAC, roof, plumbing, electrical, lawn

  • 2–3

    major renovations or system replacements

    each requiring permits and warranty documentation

  • ~$96K

    cumulative maintenance spend at the national average

    $8,808/yr × 11 years

  • 1

    sale to a buyer who will ask for the receipts

    83% of buyers request inspection concessions

What no one tells you

The closing folder is the most important paperwork you'll ever inherit. And it disappears fast.

On closing day, you walk out with permits, the inspection report, the disclosures, the title documents, the homeowner's insurance binder, the appliance manuals, the seller's vendor list, the warranties, and the keys. That's the deepest snapshot of your home you'll ever have.

Then your inbox swallows the PDFs, the manuals end up in a kitchen drawer, the MLS listing comes down in 90 days, and the seller's contractor list lives in a hand-written notebook on your counter that will be recycled by spring.

Real Estate Ledger gives you a place to dump it all on closing day and walk away. AI categorizes it, fingerprints it, and keeps it organized for the next decade.

Four-step setup

Your first hour as a homeowner, organized.

  1. 01

    Drag the closing packet in

    PDFs, photos, emails — it all goes in one upload. AI sorts permits from disclosures from warranties from insurance.

  2. 02

    Forward the email confirmations

    Use your dedicated upload email to forward warranty registrations, utility setups, and appliance receipts straight in.

  3. 03

    Snap photos of nameplates

    Furnace, water heater, electrical panel, hot tub. Every model and serial number ends up linked to the right asset.

  4. 04

    Save the seller's contractor list

    The plumber, electrician, and HVAC tech the seller used for the last decade are gold. Capture them while you still have the names.

Why this matters now

You're entering an 11-year window. Build the baseline once.

  • Inspection negotiations

    When you sell, buyers will ask for receipts proving repairs were done. Average inspection credit per undocumented item runs $2K–$10K.

  • Warranty claims

    Many builder, structural, and appliance warranties require proof of maintenance. The first three years of receipts are the hardest to recover.

  • Insurance pricing

    Documented maintenance history pulls weight when carriers reprice your premium or evaluate a claim.

  • Future renovations

    Your next contractor will ask what's behind the wall, what permits were pulled, and who did the last work. You'll have the answer.

One last thing

Capture the closing folder before it scatters.

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