DW&Co Real Estate LLC · Before we tour

Why do I need to sign before touring a home?

You’ve found a home you want to see. Let’s make the next step clear. Explore buyer agreements in Florida, watch two short videos, and know what to review with your agent before your tour.

Start with the showing agreementExplore an ongoing relationship

Start with specific homes

Showing Agreement

A defined starting point for the homes you want to tour.

39-second overview · Captions included · Gracie is a digital presenter, not a licensed real estate agent or REALTOR®.

Read the showing agreement video transcript

Ready to explore a home? I’m Gracie, DW and Company’s digital presenter, not a licensed real estate agent.

The showing agreement puts the details of working together in writing: which homes you’ll tour, the dates, and the brokerage’s services.

For those homes, you agree to work through DW and Company. The brokerage helps with showings and, if you move forward, negotiating and closing.

Before signing, review the services, dates, and payment terms, including any fees. Brokerage compensation is negotiable and isn’t set by law.

This is a brief overview, not legal advice or a legal interpretation.

A binding agreement. Review dates, services and payment terms; compensation is negotiable.

Review services, dates and payment terms

The showing agreement is a binding contract covering the identified homes and dates. Review the services, your commitment to work through the brokerage for those properties, and any provisions that extend the agreement.

Compensation is negotiable and is not set by law. Review the amount or rate, any retainer or other fees, and when compensation is earned and payable; the agreement may provide for compensation to be earned before closing. Seller or listing-broker payment is not guaranteed. Under the form's applicable terms, payments for your services from the seller or listing brokerage reduce your compensation obligation. Ask your agent to identify the relevant printed terms in your completed agreement.

For advice about your rights or the agreement's legal meaning, consult a Florida real estate attorney before signing.

Continue your search together

Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Agreement

An exclusive working relationship within your agreed search scope.

42-second overview · Captions included · Gracie is a digital presenter, not a licensed real estate agent or REALTOR®.

Read the exclusive buyer brokerage agreement video transcript

Ready to continue your home search? I’m Gracie, DW and Company’s digital presenter, not a licensed real estate agent.

The exclusive buyer brokerage agreement puts your working relationship in writing. Within its scope, you agree to work exclusively through DW and Company.

The brokerage helps you find homes, negotiate, and work toward closing. It operates as a transaction broker, providing limited representation.

Before signing, review the search scope, dates, payment terms, and how the agreement ends. Brokerage compensation is negotiable and isn’t set by law.

This is a brief overview, not legal advice or a legal interpretation.

Visuals retain Gracie, the exact licensed brokerage name, and the persistent digital-presenter/not-licensed disclosure. The persistent attorney-direction panel is removed; detailed guidance remains beneath each video on the page.

A binding agreement. Review dates, services and payment terms; compensation is negotiable.

Review services, dates and payment terms

The exclusive buyer brokerage agreement is a binding contract. Review the search scope, exclusive commitment, start and end dates, services, and transaction-broker duties. Check transaction extensions, protection periods, and termination provisions, including any conditions or fees that may apply.

Compensation is negotiable and is not set by law. Review all compensation, retainers, other fees, and the separate provisions for when compensation is earned and when it is payable; compensation may be earned before closing. Seller or listing-broker payment is not guaranteed. Review how qualifying third-party payments are credited against your obligation under the completed agreement. If this agreement follows a showing agreement, document how it replaces or modifies the earlier agreement so obligations do not overlap unintentionally.

For advice about your rights or the agreement's legal meaning, consult a Florida real estate attorney before signing.

How DW&Co starts your home search

A clear starting point

Two agreements. Different scope.

Before a DW&Co agent tours a home with you as your buyer’s broker, we need a written agreement describing our services and the agreed terms. This follows MLS requirements introduced in August 2024 and gives you an opportunity to understand your commitments before touring.

01 · SPECIFIC HOMES

Showing agreement

Our preferred first step covers the identified homes you want to tour, the dates, services and compensation terms.

02 · YOUR ONGOING SEARCH

Exclusive buyer brokerage agreement

If you choose an ongoing relationship, we discuss an exclusive agreement within the agreed search scope, using the transaction-broker version.

This is DW&Co’s preferred process. The MLS rule does not require every buyer to sign an exclusive agreement.

What does transaction broker mean?

An exclusive agreement does not automatically mean single-agent representation. The transaction-broker version describes duties including honest and fair dealing, accounting for funds, skill, care and diligence, required disclosures, timely presentation of offers and limited confidentiality. Ask your agent to identify the brokerage duties listed in that section. Direct questions about legal meaning to a Florida real estate attorney.

Questions to bring to your agent
  • Which homes or search does this agreement cover?
  • When does it begin and end, and what could extend it?
  • What services will the brokerage provide?
  • What compensation, retainers or other fees are proposed?
  • When is compensation earned, and when is it payable?
  • How will seller or listing-broker payments affect my obligation?
  • What happens if I decide not to continue, or already have an agreement with another brokerage?

If a buyer brokerage agreement follows a showing agreement, document how it replaces or modifies the earlier agreement so terms and compensation obligations do not overlap unintentionally.

For more about buying with DW&Co, explore our homebuyer guide and resource center.

Your next step

Have a question before we tour?

Already working with a DW&Co agent?

Reply to the agent who sent you this page with your questions and the homes you would like to see. Ask your agent to prepare the appropriate agreement with the properties, dates and terms you have discussed.

New to DW&Co?

Tell our team which homes interest you. If you already have an agreement with another brokerage, let us know before arranging a tour.

Contact our team

Review and sign your completed document through the brokerage’s signing process before the covered tour. Reading this page or watching these videos does not sign an agreement or schedule a showing.

About these educational videos

About Gracie

Gracie is DW&Co’s digital presenter, not a licensed real estate agent or REALTOR®. She provides general educational information, not real estate representation or legal advice. Brokerage services are provided by DW&Co’s licensed real estate professionals.

Educational information, not legal advice

We are real estate professionals, not attorneys. We share the forms’ printed terms and describe our brokerage’s stated obligations; we do not provide legal advice or legal interpretations. For advice about your rights or the legal effect of an agreement, consult a Florida real estate attorney before signing.

These videos summarize selected provisions; they do not reproduce every term or replace your completed agreement. The completed agreement controls.

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