A little high pressure ?
 

Has anyone ever had their sales rep come looking for them at their lifestyle free golf round to see if they are going to buy the house that he showed them the day before?

Nothing could be further from the way ours acted unless it was being held for you for 24 hours. If he acts like that, he won't have a job long for The Villages I am guessing.

If you put a hold on a house or a lot it is the real deal. We lost the first house we just loved in Hadley because the next in line got it.

This is the very first comment I have heard about someone being pressured into purchasing a home here.

I have never had unsolicited contact with any sales person in The Villages.

Like GG, I think there might be a little more to this story, like a deadline, etc...

No deadline. Just looked at two that we really liked. Talked to mortgage to see the numbers. We were suppose to call him if we wanted to proceed. He came to the Starters Shack to see what we had decided to do. Like I would want to have that discussion on the golf course!

Only when there was another purchaser ready to pounce. Have bought two houses here and never was pressured even once. Did buy last house out from under another buyer who did not act in the designated time frame. Met them later, their agent warned them but they thought they could wait. Maybe this was a similar situation.

DId he mention why he came out to see if you wanted the house?

There is suppose to be a complete hands off approach at the villages. I rember when my parents purchased there house, my stepfather a realtor said watch there gonna be nagging us within a day. 2 weeks passed and he called back asking if they forgot about us. He was told they used a completely hands off approach because the product is that good it sells itself.

So yes it would be unheard of if someone contacts you

Maybe he thought you were going to call him and let him know whether you were going to buy the house or not. Could have been a miscommunication. If I was your rep (I'm not a realtor), I would have wanted to know. If you wern't going to buy that house, then maybe he could be spending his time looking for something else for you.

Find a new salesperson-that should not have happened unless it was one of the circumstances already stated.

Our first sales rep was great but he left the TV gig to open his own business. Our 2nd rep was an annoying piece of work. Non-stop pressure, like being on a time share presentation. He too left the TV job and I suspect that was the reason for all the pressure. He wanted to get those last few sales before he left the job. Our last sales rep was great. If he had any faults it was being too laid back. I'd recommend him in a heartbeat.

unless he followed you around & wouldn't take no for an answer, what harm was done?

perhaps he just noticed you in the crowd & decided to touch base.

Our Villages rep never EVER pressured us.
 

We bought the first home from Jim McLaughlin and when we were looking for the second home we chose him again to help us. It seems we were always running into him and his wife. At Lowes, at the grocery, at the square, etc. One time he said to us with a wink, If you keep hounding me, I will have to report you.

He is a great rep, a gentleman and a friend to us now after five years. He is a villager living in his fourth house in The Villages in Sanibel. This one has room for the mother in law.

I cannot say enough about him and never ONCE did he pressure and always was helpful and kind.

Jim McLaughlin and assistant is wife Patti. The BEST of the best.

When we did the Lilfestyle Preview Visit three and a half years ago, (wow, time really flies), we felt like we had to almost beg our representative to show us houses. She told us to play some golf and enjoy ourselves and she'd contact us in a few days. Our only complaint was that she really didn't want us to buy a preowned home. We didn't buy through her, but she didn't pressure us or come out to the golf course to look for us.

our guy called asked if there was anything he could do for us thanked us for coming and left his number. we bought our house from him three years later and is now a friend

Just the opposite, no pressure, we kid around saying they are sleeping.....