So ask a person who is looking to potentially buy in TV. Let me be upfront in saying that I am a real property appraiser. I've lived all over the country. I've bought and sold in at least six states. I know what I am doing when I buy and sell homes. I'm about two years from retiring and moving.
I doubt that I would even look at a resale at TV or use one of their salespersons. First, a buyer has to know that they need to look at their website to find resale listings. It's more clicks than I want to go through to get to the TV website when I'm surfing for homes in over 55 communities. Most people are going to assume that the listings at the TV website are new construction. Most people aren't going to know that TV uses their own in-house marketing and sales department or understand what that means. Second, the TV website sucks. While they show a few pretty pictures, there is no way to really sort or get detailed particulars on a specific property. It's very generic. I know how to do it, but I've got a lot more experience than the average buyer.
Today, most people start to look for real estate online. Very few people use anything that is printed. The few that do are aging out and selling rather than buying. Don't waste your time with it. Use the internet to your advantage.
You want the most robust online listing engine available. That's realtor.com. The only way to list on realtor.com is to use a real realtor. TV's salespeople are not real realtors. Their listings won't be there. Lost opportunity.
If you want to sell it yourself, Zillow.com along with letting everyone TOTV know that you have an active Zillow.com listing will accomplish FSBO. If you go that route, hire someone to take real, professional pictures with good lighting. It's really all about the pictures.
Bottom line: As a buyer, I'll be using a realtor and not one of those nice folks at TV.
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