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Originally Posted by bopat
It's our first home purchase in a while, and the first in The Villages. Our agent has been wonderful, do we get them a gift for all their work?
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It's a nice thing to do but it isn't necessary. Do what feels right to you. When we lived in SE FL we were renting a cute little home. Every time I went to pay the rent (at a real estate office) the agents would walk up to me enthusiastically and when they realized I was only paying rent they weren't as welcoming. That is except for one agent. He took the time to make small talk for a few minutes.
When we bought our first home in FL he was the one who helped us. We bought and sold 3 houses after that and used him. When my father moved to FL he was the real estate agent who helped with his home purchase. After he helped us with our first home we had him over for dinner, with his mother (who he was a caregiver to). We were friends for years after that, until we moved away.