The Villages agent who helped us find our pre-owned home offered by a different agent, was Rhod Soutar. He became a sales manager but I think he finally retired in the last couple of years. He was the agent assigned to us when we went on our lifestyle visit. We were back in Connecticut, discovering that we were going to have to sell our home and move out of state due to company shut-down of a department and subsequent unemployment only 2 years from FULL retirement date. I saw a cute house online, called Rhod. He went up and walked through the house, called me from the living room and said "I'm calling you from your new home."
I flew down two days later, walked through with him, and put a downpayment on it that day. Flew home, he helped me get it inspected, put together a list of options for internet service, handymen, lawnmower service that already does business in my neighborhood, and so on and so forth. He even allowed me to use his address to get a new coffeemaker delivered so that the morning after closing, I could be enjoying my very first cup of cappuccino in my house.
He received no commission on the sale, but he bent over backward to make me feel at ease with the process. I stayed in the house, getting it set up, driving north to bring down more furniture and clothing and what not, helping hubby with the sale of the house up north, and then hubby joined me a month or so later.
Rhod continued to stay in touch for the first year, to make sure we were settling in well. If he's still with the Villages I can't recommend him highly enough.
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