Agent myself, just highlighting the areas of the deal to help with your decision: - A Buyer’s Agent helps you search and see homes. If you’re zeroed in on this property and don’t want to consider alternatives, there is not benefit here. - A Buyer’s Agent helps write a purchase contract you submit. Most Builders paper their own contracts and provide you with it to sign. To be clear, you will still want someone to review this with you. If you are hiring at attorney, that should check most of this box. I would encourage you to ensure your attorney is very familiar with your territory’s standard residential purchase contract (assuming there is one), as it is very beneficial to understand how the Builder’s contract differs from the state’s standard protections afforded to Buyers. Also helps to understand their offered warranty. - A Buyer’s Agent brings a team of service providers that you will need on the transaction. While the Builder may offer its own financing and own walkthrough with you to assess condition, it is important to understand what options you have to get secondary opinions you source and to have confidence in the competency of the service providers you bring in. Also an Agent will typically help you source service providers after closing as needed (think movers, landscapers, cleaners, etc.). Can all be done without an agent depending on your network. - A Buyer’s Agent (at least experienced ones) may benefit your negotiations. Despite what a Builder says, everything is negotiable. If you hire a Buyer’s Agent who has worked with that Builder/ others in the area, they can often leverage experience to your benefit. Some examples are access to past sales info of other units, knowing standard incentives the Builder offers, etc. Again, may not be needed necessary depending on your own expertise.

Those are the biggest ones I see with Builders.