Step 1
Qualification consult
A 30 to 45 minute call with Ben Long. Land status, budget against current Tennessee cost ranges, financing path, timeline, decision makers, red flags. You get a written summary and an honest go or no-go.
The process
Qualify. Disclose. Then introduce.
The order is the product. Every brokered project at Grandmark runs the same 5 steps, and the disclosure gate in Step 3 has no exceptions, including for people Ben knows personally.
The 5 steps
From first call to paper at the end.
Step 2
The qualification packet
Your project written up the way a builder underwrites it: scope, site facts, budget band, financing evidence, timeline, open items. The packet is yours to keep, whatever you decide.
Step 3
The disclosure gate
Before any builder hears your name, 3 documents are signed: your qualification agreement, your flat fee, and a disclosure naming the builder, his license number and limit, and every fee in dollars. No builder name moves before this gate clears.
Step 4
One builder, matched
One independent licensed builder, chosen on size, project type, county, capacity, and a running scorecard. He bids in his own name and contracts directly with you. A second builder is added only if the first passes or goes quiet for 3 business days.
Step 5
Paper at the end
Contract copy, completion photos from the builder, and a confirmation call at completion. With your written permission, the project becomes a case packet for the next client.
Sample packets
Read a packet before you ever call.
3 sample packets on fictional projects, built on the same form a real Grandmark project uses. Names and numbers are illustrative. Each shows the full qualification record and the Partner-Ready Brief exactly as a builder receives it.
Sample 01 · New home
Blount County custom home, $505,000 construction
Ready with conditions: survey pending at packet time. Cost check, financing evidence, and the builder fee line, all shown.
Sample 02 · Addition
Washington County primary suite addition, $168,000 construction
Start-ready: the clean case, financing documented, nothing outstanding except one engineering note.
Sample 03 · Major renovation
Knox County whole-home renovation, $298,000 construction
Ready with conditions: an asbestos survey and one decision-maker call still owed, stated plainly in the brief.
What Grandmark does not do
The boundaries, stated once.
On brokered projects
Grandmark is not the contractor
Grandmark does not perform, supervise, schedule, price, or warrant construction, and never holds construction money. The builder contracts directly with the client and carries the work, the permit, and the warranty.
On closing repairs
Repair-to-Close for Real Estate Deals
Aligned with RF654 Repair / Replacement Proposals
Repair-to-close work up to $24,999 is a separate operation: Grandmark takes the contract and performs the work in house or subcontracts it, with its own closeout standard. The 2 operations are never mixed on one project.
Fees, in the open
What Grandmark charges, before you ever call.
Clients pay a flat qualification fee: $2,950 under $350,000, $4,950 from $350,000 to $750,000, $7,500 above $750,000. The builder pays a tiered origination fee on a signed contract, and Grandmark's combined fees are capped at $24,999 per project. No percentage is ever charged to the client, and nothing is collected at closing.