Some decisions begin before you enter a sales center
First contact can happen through a form, call, chat, email, event, or model-home visit.
Builder policies can vary. Check instead of guessing.
Know who is working for whom
A builder sales representative works for the builder or seller side. Your own role depends on the relationship and agreement that apply.
Ask yourself:
- Do I already have a real estate professional?
- Have I signed an agreement?
- What relationship does that agreement create?
- Does it cover new construction?
Ask your buyer-side professional what to verify
When it makes sense, speak with your agent before the visit or first contact.
- Should you attend?
- Should you register me?
- Is there anything we should verify before first contact?
Do not assume every builder uses the same rule.
Ask for current information
- What is the current registration policy?
- What counts as first contact?
- Does online contact matter?
- Does my agent need to be present?
- Where is the policy in writing?
Policies can vary by builder, community, project, and date.
Representation, registration, and compensation are different
Representation
Who represents the buyer?
Registration
How does the builder record the buyer and outside agent?
Compensation
How is the agent paid?
One answer does not automatically answer the other two.
Keep important written records
Keep records that show what was provided or agreed.
- Relevant emails
- Written builder policy
- Registration confirmation
- Signed agreements
- Transaction documents
A screenshot or email does not override a contract. Written records help document facts, but they do not replace legal advice.
Know what you have already signed
Look for a buyer agreement, another brokerage form, or any document that may affect new-construction representation.
Do not guess about legal meaning. Ask a Florida real estate attorney about legal rights or contract meaning.
A buyer pauses before submitting an online form
A Florida buyer sees a new community online and wants more information.
Before sending the form, the buyer checks for a signed buyer agreement and contacts their agent.
The buyer checks the builder's current registration process. The buyer asks how an outside agent is recorded and how pay works.
The buyer saves the written information. The point is not that every online form creates a problem. Early checks can reduce confusion.
The questions can start before you arrive
The builder visit may feel like the start. But key questions can begin before you arrive.
Pause, ask, verify, and keep the important written information.
Use this routine before first contact when possible
- Know who represents you.
- Review any signed agreement.
- Contact your real estate professional.
- Verify the current builder registration policy.
- Ask what counts as first contact.
- Ask whether agent presence or advance registration matters.
- Ask how compensation is handled.
- Save written confirmation.
- Bring unresolved legal questions to a Florida real estate attorney.
This checklist does not guarantee agent recognition, registration, pay, or a legal result.
Use the right source for each question
Builder's Authorized Representative
Can explain the current builder registration and outside-agent rules.
Buyer's Real Estate Broker or Agent
Can explain the buyer-side role, visit planning, and brokerage process.
Brokerage
Can explain its forms and business practices.
Florida Real Estate Attorney
Can explain agreements, rights, duties, ending terms, and legal effects.
Ask before you assume
- Who represents me?
- What agreement have I signed?
- Does it apply to new construction?
- What is this builder's current registration policy?
- What counts as first contact?
- Does my agent need to be present or register me?
- How is compensation handled?
- Where can I get the policy in writing?
General education cannot decide a legal outcome
Check the idea, not a score
This is a learning check. There are no grades and no passing score.
1. Are representation, registration, and compensation the same question?
2. Why can first contact matter?
3. What should a buyer do before relying on a builder policy?
4. Who should interpret a legal question about a buyer agreement?
5. Why keep written records?
Prepare your questions before the visit
The AI Professor can explain general ideas. It can help you prepare questions for the builder, your agent, broker, or attorney.
Use the review to reinforce the decision routine
The Module 2 Review will reinforce roles, registration, buyer representation, pay, privacy, buyer duties, and pre-visit planning.
There is no invented passing score. Use the review to check your understanding and revisit any idea you want to study again.
