Start with hard boundaries, but do not stop there.
Template
A buyer intake form becomes useful once it captures the logic behind the search, not just the specs.
The best intake structure gives the agent something usable later: priorities, routines, tradeoffs, and how the buyer wants to decide.
Template blocks
What a buyer intake template should actually include
This is where area fit usually becomes clearer.
A brief without ranking becomes unstable fast.
The shortlist depends on this section more than buyers realize.
This changes how portable the explanation layer must be.
Why this project exists
This is the kind of buyer-intake structure the future tool should simplify and carry forward.
Instead of treating intake as a one-time form, the product direction is to turn that information into a reusable buyer-facing report that keeps the brief visible later.
The next step is not another vague neighborhood email. It is a buyer-side lifestyle report built to make the search easier to personalize and easier to move forward.