[manaboutown]

If you want to see all available preowned homes for sale (other than FSBO's) you may want to contact a Realtor with MLS. As you may know, a Realtor can function as a buyer's agent, a transaction agent or a seller's agent so you might want to let them know how you desire to proceed with them.

As has previously been posted the real estate agents that work through The Villages (VLS) solely represent the developer with regards to the sales of new homes. They are sales agents or brokers licensed by the state of Florida, but not Realtors. On VLS resales (if you can get a VLS agent to show you any), I don't know if it is possible to contract one as a buyer's agent. I suspect they probably represent the seller but possibly may be allowed to function as transaction agents. I would ask. My Villages agent evaded showing me even one resale, even after I made multiple requests to him. He told me he sold mostly new homes and alluded (possibly after winning a sales contest, I really have no idea) to having ridden on one of the developer's private jets. Maybe someone will post here the name of a Villages agent who was happy to show them resales.

As I understand it Villages agents receive higher commissions for selling new homes and are likely otherwise incentivized to push spec homes the developer has already built, homes under construction or homes planned to be built soon. I have no problem with that. However I do feel potential buyers should be aware of it.