How to Forward a Contract to Your TC (and What Happens Next)

There's a moment right after a contract goes fully executed where the agent's mental load doubles. The deal shifts from familiar negotiation territory into a 45-day operational marathon with dozens of deadlines, documents, and parties to manage. This is where forwarding the contract to your TC changes the trajectory of the next month. Most agents think of this moment as a handoff. That mental model is wrong — it's an activation. Here's exactly what to send in the first five minutes, what happens in the first hour, and how the structured sequence that follows protects your file, your client, and your evenings.