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Originally Posted by BrianL99
That's just plain wrong.
There are 2 Listing Services for pre-owned TV homes. One is the The Villages Listing Service and the other is MLS.
The 2 services do not, in any way, work together.
If you chose to use VLS, you won't necessary be dealing with the Listing Agent. You'll be dealing with a VLS Sales Agent. If that Agent is also the Listing Agent, it's simply coincidence.
If you want to see all pre-owned homes that are available in TV, you'll need 2 agents. One from VLS and one from a local real estate company that subscribes to the MLS system.
A VLS agent won't sell you a home on MLS. An MLS Broker won't sell you a home on VLS.
FSBO is a horse of a different color. Some MLS agents will help with buying a FSBO home, some won't. There's no central listing service that has all FSBO's.
The OP asked if they needed "more than one". Dealing with one Broker is a big enough PITA, dealing with more than one at a time is even worse and you'll most likely end up with issues. Talk to a few, get recommendations and choose one. If you don't like that Broker after a while, switch to another. That same advice goes for both VLS & MLS properties.
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Correct. And the more people you "employ" cause that is what you are doing behind the scenes, the less room to negotiate a lower price as everyone wants money from the seller, and the seller wants their highest payout.
Some FSBO refuse to deal with an agent on your behalf because the agent will want to be paid. That often results in a haggle ending in 2% or so to bring you to the table. Having an agent is just really having a person arrange everything you can do for yourself. So it all boils down to this. Do you, as a buyer of a FSBO want to pay someone to keep track of everything needed to do a sale and pay this person (indirectly) $5,000 or more.
As to the long running issue of VLS versus MLS, the main advantage, IMHO, of a VLS sale is they close on 12-15 homes EVERY day except Sunday. So it is a well oiled machine. And if you want the home ASAP, then there's a much better chance of closing faster on a VLS property. Once inspection is done, if you push, you can close in 2 weeks. Try that with a MLS. I imagine the 2 weeks (we did it) requires a cash deal or a very willing bank loan officer.