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Originally Posted by Patents111
When looking for a pre-owned house in the Villages I’ll likely be dealing with a Realtor or a Villages agent. There might be some advantages to having a Realtor buyer’s agent helping me. But is there any advantage/disadvantage to having a Villages buyer’s agent? If the Villages agents are all on the same “team,” might their help be influenced by loyalty to each other than the buyer (me)? The parallel situation would be using a Realtor buyer’s agent in the same firm as the listing agent of a particular house.
Thanks for your comments.
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Almost without exception, your residential licensee will be acting as a 'Transaction Broker'. In practice, this means nothing. Best bet is to ask basic questions which any professional should be able to answer. Many can't explain the mechanics of the Bond Issue. Like "Can I make my offer contingent on the Seller paying it off?" or "In the event of a major street/retention area 'problem', can I be assessed for cost of repairs?" or "Can the open area behind this home be built on?"
It's not relevant if you know the answer or not. Question is 'Can they readily and knowledgably answer all and any questions that you can think of?'
Also, keep in mind that, regardless of what most people will tell you, Real Estate Commissions are 'negotiable'.
The seller is probably paying 6% off-the-top, so they don't care who gets what!
For example 6% of $300,000 is $18,000. A ridiculous charge for the minimal services provided, particularly by the 'lister'.