the sales agents in the villages are not REALTORS.
To be a Realtor you must be a member of a Board of Realtors and pay a yearly membership fee to either sumter, marion, or lake county boards. This enables them to sell from the MLS (mutiple listing service).
The villages created there own MLS and called it the VLS, they have there own rules with contracts and the such and don't use the standard paperwork and contracts set up by the Board of Realtors. This way they can control the commissions of there salesman and keep all the money inhouse. Done by new builders to control the money and keep outside realtors from getting commissions from bringing in buyers.
They do have a florida license to sell realestate and must follow the florida state rules.
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