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Old 12-12-2020, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by John_W View Post
Villages agents are not Realtors, they may have taken the state exam and hold a real estate license and they may not. They are similar to a car salesman working for the dealer selling new and used cars. They cannot show homes on MLS because TV does not belong to the MLS and their agents are not all licensed as such.

Realtors are those who hold a Florida Real Estate License and have joined the Board of Realtors for their county and work under a set of code of conduct. They generally work for a broker who is part of the MLS system and can sell and list homes in that network.

To see all the resales in TV, you need both agents, at anyone time there are slightly more than 200 homes listed with MLS and 200 plus listed with TV Office. All Realtors unless designated a buyers agent, work for the seller whether they took the listing or another MLS agent took the listing. TV sales people generally operate the same, but don't have the same code of conduct.
Actually there are much more than 200 houses that are used. There are villas homes etc there are agents from all realty locations. If you go on Zillow realtor.com and the other sites you will find lots of places.

The sales staff from the villages want to sell but are also told to use the villages title company their insurance their bank etc

I purchased a home not a Villa I’m 2019 cash and still don’t have a legal original of my deed. They sent me a photocopy. After 14 months of work orders warranty never fixed everything. At this point I just want to sell, move out of the community and Florida. Lots of unethical people using the art of omission