Glossary: What Do All These Dates Mean?

Spark has many default fields to capture the various dates associated with your reservations, contracts, and lease agreements, but the terminology might not be quite the same as what your team uses. Never fear - many of these can be updated in the Terminology section of your Contract Settings (see Contract Terminology Settings for more details).


To help you understand each of these terms, see their descriptions below.

Reservation Dates

 

Date Description
Reservation Date

The date the unit is reserved

 

Reservation Executed Date

The date the reservation is fully executed by all parties and , optionally, the reservation deposit has been received

 

Contract Dates

 

Date Description
Contract Date

The date the contract is written/generated; this defaults to the day it is created in Spark but can be manually updated to a past or future date if needed

Sent Date

The date the contract is sent for signatures; the contract and inventory statuses will automatically update to Pending (or your corresponding status names) on this date

Offer Date

The date that all purchasers have signed the contract; the contract and inventory statuses will automatically update to Offer (or your corresponding status names) on this date

Vendor Acceptance Deadline

The date by which the Vendor should accept the offer; no contract or inventory status updates are associated with this date

Accepted Date

The date the Vendor/Countersigner signs/accepts the offer (sometimes referred to as the Effective Date on a contract); the contract and inventory statuses will automatically update to In Rescission (or your corresponding status names) on this date

Firm Date

The date the contract becomes firm and binding; the contract and inventory statuses will automatically update to Firm (or your corresponding status names) on this date

If a rescission period is enforced in the General Contract Settings, the firm date will be automatically calculated and applied.

 

Estimated Completed Date

The approximate date of completion; no contract or inventory status updates are associated with this date

Completion Date

The actual date of completion; the contract and inventory statuses will automatically update to Completed on this date

Possession Date

The date and time the purchaser takes legal possession of the unit; no contract or inventory status updates are associated with this date

Move In Date

The date and time the purchaser is scheduled to move in to the unit; no contract or inventory status updates are associated with this date

 

Leasing Dates

 

Date Description
Application Date

The date the agreement is written/generated; this defaults to the day it is created in Spark but can be manually updated to a past or future date if needed

 

Sent Date

The date the agreement is sent for signatures; the agreement and inventory statuses will automatically update to Pending (or your corresponding status names) on this date

 

Application Date

The date that all lessees have signed the agreement; the agreement and inventory statuses will automatically update to Application (or your corresponding status names) on this date

 

Vendor Acceptance Deadline

The date by which the Vendor should approve the application; no agreement or inventory status updates are associated with this date

 

Approval Date

The date the Vendor/Countersigner signs/approves the offer; the agreement and inventory statuses will automatically update to Signed (or your corresponding status names) on this date

 

Lease Start

The date the lease starts; the agreement and inventory statuses will automatically update to Leased (or your corresponding status names) on this date

 

Estimated Lease End

The approximate date the lease ends/expires; no agreement status update is associated with this date

 

Lease End

The date the lease ends/expires; the agreement status will automatically update to Lease End (or your corresponding status name) and the inventory status will automatically update to Available (or your corresponding status name) on this date

 

Possession Date

The date and time the Lessee takes possession of the unit

 

Move In Date

The date and time the Lessee is moving in to the unit