Re: Can anyone recommend an agent for Multiple listings
In our area (south of CR-466), lawn signs are not allowed, but signs in the windows of houses are. It's a matter of riding around and looking for them. (I believe that lawn signs are permitted north of 466.) There are FSBO ads in the <(I>Daily Sun</I> with contact phone numbers and/or other information. On Labor Day last year, on our way to a trade show in Orlando, we visited close friends who had just moved in to TV the month before; by the next day we were meeting with a Villages salesperson! We went to the show and then home, all excited, at which time my wife began doing online research and came up with a ton of information.
By the time we came back for a few days in mid-October, we had a day lined up with our Villages salesperson, another day with a multiple listing salesperson recommended by another TOTVer, and a day to explore FSBOs that we came across mainly through <I>Daily Sun</I> ads. We also 'ran around' a lot on the golf cart exploring. After all was said and done, our friends took us to meet their neighbors two houses away who were selling, and we ended up buying privately. Our friend and I were neighbors in 1964--and here we are in TV as neighbors again!
It's interesting to note that the sellers HAD their house listed, but all they had to do was phone the listing agent (which in this case was TV Preowned Department) and tell them that they were selling privately and to end the listing. It could not have worked out more perfectly--for them, as they had to sell, and for us!
Good luck, Zummy! If we can help in any way or answer any other questions, please let us know.
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