Before You Sign With the Builder

A practical series about how builder contracts, incentives, and negotiation pressure can reshape the real cost of a new construction purchase.

Chapters

  1. Chapter One: The $42,000 Price Drop

    A dramatic builder price cut looked like an opportunity, until the real negotiation shifted from price to risk.

  2. Chapter Two: The Sentence That Changed Everything

    A builder asked for a simple change to the contract, but that one sentence shifted the entire risk of the deal onto the buyer.

  3. Chapter Three: Another Change to the Deal

    A builder's compensation addendum looked like routine paperwork, but it could have changed what my clients were responsible for bringing to closing.

  4. Chapter Four: What I Want You to Know Before You Buy New Construction

    A practical buyer-minded guide to understanding why an agent matters, how incentives actually work, and why the contract deserves more attention than most buyers expect.

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