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What is the standard payment schedule I should agree to when hiring a residential general contractor in Sacramento?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What is the standard payment schedule I should agree to when hiring a residential general contractor in Sacramento?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
California CSLB home improvement contract down payment progress payments 10% $1000 progress payments work performed materials deliveredGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
California Business Professions Code 7159 progress payments home improvement contract schedule Sacramento contractorGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence50%Reason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
California CSLB home improvement contract down payment progress payments 10% $1000 progress payments work performed materials delivered Google ↗
California Business Professions Code 7159 progress payments home improvement contract schedule Sacramento contractor Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
California CSLB home improvement contract down payment progress payments 10% $1000 progress payments work performed materials delivered
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Consequence——1x
of 1
California Business Professions Code 7159 progress payments home improvement contract schedule Sacramento contractor
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1