Some houses are on MLS and others are with the Villages (VLS). If the house you want is listed on MLS, the MLS agent may ask you to sign an exclusive with them per new laws from August. But if the house is on The Villages website (not MLS), that realtor will not make you sign an agreement. So I would start with the inventory that is on the Villages website thereby avoiding an agreement.
Then, if you don't find what you want with the Villages inventory and you want to see the MLS inventory, ask the MLS agent to modify their agreement to either have it expire in 48 hours or make it so that they only get a commission on properties that they have shown you.
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