Have you already priced out your upgrades? I just built over the last year, and we didn't have our upgrade prices until well after we had put down our deposit.
Also, make sure you tell the builder before you agree to anything that you are represented by a realtor. I ran into that issue where they didn't want to accept that I had a realtor, and then tried to bait me a couple of times into saying that I didn't have a realtor from the start. Even though it was through discussions with Travis that led to me building a new house.
I would also recommend Travis as a realtor in this area. I had one issue that was important to me- being able to bump out the garage. Travis made sure that the offer in place was one I could still back out of if I didn't get my garage, and then Travis made some calls. A couple of days later I was told that my garage bump out was good to go. My builder said it had nothing to do with Travis; and I suppose that is possible. However having somebody there who is not emotionally tied to the home offering the voice of reason likely pushed them along.
As a buyer it costs you nothing to use a realtor, and the advantage is huge if you have a good realtor.
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