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# How to sign a lease manually in Plexflow

### Preface

This article explains how to use Plexflow to generate an official lease, have it signed on paper, then keep the signed version in your rent file. By using Plexflow to prepare the lease, you reduce the risk of errors, you automate a large part of the process, and you get a clean, readable document already filled in with the right information. The generated lease and the signed document are then kept in Plexflow, which makes it easier to track rents and look up information over time.

## Prepare and print the lease in Plexflow

### Step 1:

Go to the unit in question in Plexflow.

### Step 2:

Click the **Prepare new rent** button.

### Step 3:

Choose the **Create a new digital lease** option.

### Step 4:

Complete all sections of the lease as you would for a regular send. Go to the **Review and Sign** section and generate the lease by selecting the desired language.

### Step 5:

Once the lease has been generated, click the **View Lease** button.

![Review and Sign section with the View Lease button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/9/9/5/a/995a701e47028800/etape-5_aluoh5.png)

### Step 6:

In the preview window, print the lease. The document is already filled in with the information entered in Plexflow.

**Tip 💡**
If you see an error, close the window, correct the information in the lease sections, then generate and print again.

![Lease preview window to print the document](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/9/9/5/a/995a701e47028800/etape-6_1c90ezw.png)

## Signing the lease on paper

### Step 7:

Have the printed lease signed by the tenant and by the owner or their representative.

## Activating the rent in Plexflow

### Step 8:

Once the lease has been signed, go back to the **Review and Sign** section, then click **Start rent**. The rent becomes active in Plexflow and payment tracking can begin.

![Review and Sign section with the Start rent button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/9/9/5/a/995a701e47028800/etape-8_1fkrwxl.png)

## Upload the signed version

### Step 9:

After the rent has started, go to Rent Details. In the **Lease** line, click **Replace** and upload the file of the lease that was signed manually, so it is kept as the reference document in Plexflow.

![Rent Details, Lease line with the Replace button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/9/9/5/a/995a701e47028800/etape-9_1xmvyv8.png)