just try buying a house during a pandemic, I dare you Did that. (Offer made and accepted in August; moved in on October 1st.) All of the legal paperwork was

just try buying a house during a pandemic, I dare you Did that. (Offer made and accepted in August; moved in on October 1st.) All of the legal paperwork was done online on the basis of "here's a scan of two pieces of ID and click click click I agree" -- the only "shoving through a window" moment was with a bank draft, and even that could have been done digitally if I had been comfortable with transferring such a large amount of money based on instructions received via email. Rules vary from state to state; in BC they were changed early in the pandemic to remove the need for in-person transactions.