We were very happy with Jim Gallagher, a Villages rep. He negotiated a purchase for us where we and the seller had multiple counter offers. He was recommended to us by friends who used him with their purchase. He showed us only the houses that met our criteria, which did not include new houses. His email address is
Jim.Gallagher@thevillages.com.
We also used Debbie Gentry with Re/Max for the MLS sales. We cannot recommend her as she had significant bias against some areas, which were not a concern for us, and would not show us houses in those areas. Using Realtor dot com, we requested showings of some houses but she explained that she would not take us to several (overpriced, wrong area, etc.). However, she showed us several houses that needed significant work, whereas our criteria had excluded fixer-uppers.
Good luck! --Ruthie