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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Back when I was actively shopping for a home in TV the in-house TV agent I selected from several recommendations on TOTV showed me only new houses. He did not show me even one resale although I repeated requested he do so. Upon checking around at that time I was told the TV agents receive higher commission rates from selling new homes which made sense to me as the developer wants to sell its new product as fast as it builds it.
He also told me directly he would not help me find a bargain. My feeling is he was selling new product hand over fist and didn't need or want to bother spending time assisting me. Of course he was no doubt ready, willing and able with minimal effort to sell me a new home if I found one to my liking.
My suggestion is to go FSBO if you are comfortable doing so; see what happens. You could also find out which listing agents from both MLS and VLS are active and successful in your village and price range and obtain their opinions on pricing, staging your home to sell well and so on. Then list with the one who you believe will get it done best.
A couple of people I know who have bought and sold several homes use an outfit that will list a property on MLS for $500 or so. Then they hire a real estate photographer to take professional photos for the listing. They cooperate with MLS brokers. That has worked very well for them.
In any case Best of Luck!
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That was not our experience. He told you directly that he wouldn't help you find a bargain? Hmmmm. A percentage of anything is a percentage. Our rep showed us used homes, but we decided to buy new, again. I don't think you are correct about Villages Rep's making more on new homes. The new homes just sell themselves. And used ones go quickly if they are clean, well presented and not overpriced.
I think that a realtor with a capital R is valuable in other places, but not here. It is what it is. On the new homes they will not take any lower offers or contingencies, end of story.
I am annoyed by the misinformation spread by people who can't sell new homes here. The Village agents don't have to lie, cover up stuff, mislead or snooker anyone. People really want to live here and they are coming in droves to live here.
I do not sell homes. I have never sold homes other than our own and we used realtors with a capital R back in Ohio ...Here we sold our first home in Hadley without an agent or realtor, and closed with a good law firm who charged us $700.
P.S. I live here,we have owned real estate for ten years here. Talk to a lot of people here.