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Case Study 03

A secure deal room, owned end to end.

RP Advisors Group (Recreational Property Advisors, a Cushman & Wakefield affiliate) brokers off-market commercial real estate. Sensitive financials were being shared over email with no control and no audit trail. I built a gated deal room into their site — a confidentiality agreement, e-signature and document access, all in one automated flow with no third-party tools.

Gated Access E-Signature Secure Deal Room WordPress · Custom Plugin PHP · JavaScript
3-in-1Gated access · e-sign · deal room
0Third-party e-sign tools
100%Documents access-controlled

The problem

Offering memoranda and financials were being handed out over email with no gate, no way to confirm who agreed to confidentiality, and no record of who accessed what. Sensitive deals were exposed and impossible to audit.

What I built

A custom deal-access system: each listing hides its documents behind a confidentiality agreement, captures a legally-binding e-signature and buyer details, then unlocks a private document room automatically — with a branded confirmation email closing the loop.

The outcome

Every deal now moves through one secure, auditable workflow the firm fully owns. Documents stay private until a CA is signed, access is granted instantly without manual admin, and no third-party e-sign subscription is needed.

The workflow

From locked documents to granted access — in one flow.

01

Gated deal room — documents locked by default

On every listing, the offering documents are blurred and sealed behind a single "Deal Room Access" gate. Buyers can find the opportunity, but no financials, memoranda or supporting files are visible until confidentiality is agreed.

  • Per-listing gate
  • Documents hidden
  • Clear call to action
rpadvisorsgroup.com/project · Deal Room Access
Unlock Full Deal Room Access — listing documents blurred behind a Deal Room Access gate
02

Confidentiality agreement — served in-platform, per property

Clicking the gate presents the full Confidentiality & Buyer Registration Agreement, populated with the specific property and address. The buyer reads the complete terms without leaving the page or printing anything.

  • Property-specific
  • Full legal text
  • No external PDF
Confidentiality & Buyer Registration Agreement
Confidentiality and Buyer Registration Agreement modal with full legal terms for the specific property
03

E-signature capture — with buyer registration & anti-bot

The buyer agrees, registers their name, company, email and phone, then signs — either by typing their name or drawing a signature — dates it, and clears a math captcha. One submit records a legally-binding, attributable agreement.

  • Typed or drawn signature
  • Buyer registration
  • Math captcha
  • Date stamp
Sign & register
Signature form: agree checkbox, name, company, email, phone, typed or drawn signature, date and math captcha
04

Instant access — no manual admin step

The moment the agreement is signed, the buyer sees a success confirmation and is redirected straight into the unlocked deal room. Access is granted automatically — no waiting on an admin to approve or email files back.

  • Automatic grant
  • Success state
  • Auto-redirect
rpadvisorsgroup.com/project/az-tx-two-property-rv-storage-portfolio
Success! Agreement signed successfully — redirecting into the deal room
05

The deal room — a private document library

Behind the gate sits a full document library: offering memoranda, financials, management summaries and occupancy reports. Buyers switch between grid and list views, sort, multi-select and bulk-download exactly what they need.

  • Grid & list views
  • Sort & select
  • Bulk download
  • Access-controlled
Deal Room · Documents
Deal room document library with grid/list views, sorting, multi-select and bulk download
06

Confirmation email — the audit trail

Signing triggers a branded "Deal Room Access Confirmed" email recording the property and the date the agreement was signed. Both the buyer and the firm get a clean, timestamped record of every granted access.

  • Branded template
  • Property & date logged
  • Buyer + broker copy
Email · Deal Room Access Granted
Confirmation email: Deal Room Access Confirmed, with property name and agreement signed date

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