I try to answer live, but most calls go to a custom voice mail message.

Always always ask prospects, customers, vendors, and subs for leads.

We set a price and sold the houses exactly as the model was shown.However; in building the spec house we are now doing, we had those same finishes planned, then buyers wanted to add a 12' sliding door, cabinets special ordered from Italy, 2 custom garage doors and front door, and other special finishes, etc.

I strongly suggest you do business as closely as you can to local customs.

Buy them a burger in return to visit about the market place or tell them you’ll referrer them to your next customers but if you make that commitment, you must honor it, regardless, or your integrity is blown.Ask for no more than six (+or-)comps or you’ll get flooded and overwhelmed.

I have been a new custom home builder since 1991 (other peoples homes other peoples money) in California.

To the customer trading them in we can typically take them from them for cheap because they are too afraid to try to sell them on there own.

We saw one that has 1.Lot of custom work done in the house.

It should list whether he's also a broker.As far as his showing you properties, if you didn't sign a buyer's representation agreement with him, you don't owe him anything (though I don't like it when customers do this, but sounds like he's a bad apple).

Popular verbage seems to prevail by custom rather by financial correctness.You'll find another definition of hard money within tax credit syndications and lending, the differences between hard and soft costs allowable.