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Old 07-07-2025, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by GregR View Post
I was happy with Beth Pope and her team.

One thing to be aware of that annoyed me -- The Villages imposes some strange sales rules on their agents. I had initial contact with an agent what was randomly assigned to me when I first called. After being unhappy with the service he was providing, I reached out to Beth based on a number of recommendations. Apparently, she had to split her commission with the first agent, even though I "fired him for cause". It didn't cost me any more, but it bothered me that the agent I purposely left still got paid for me buying a house he had nothing to do with.
It sounds like you didn't have a buyer's contract, in which case, you did not pay any commission. If you bought a new house, then The Villages broker paid the commission. If you bought a resale house, then the seller paid the commission. But, in either case, you shouldn't be annoyed because you didn't pay a commission. If anyone is annoyed, it should be the agent who had to split their commission.