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Old 01-30-2022, 08:52 AM
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There is a home in our neighborhood that has had a Properties of the Villages for sale sign on it for 4 weeks now. Being curious we looked for it on line when it was "listed" (when the sign went up). This seems to me to be a failure to properly market the property and I'm curious how common this is. I'm certain that my $20,000 + commission should afford *SOME* marketing within the first month. Pretty sure I'll never list with these guys if we decide to sell...JMHO
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There is a home in our neighborhood that has had a Properties of the Villages for sale sign on it for 4 weeks now. Being curious we looked for it on line when it was "listed" (when the sign went up). This seems to me to be a failure to properly market the property and I'm curious how common this is. I'm certain that my $20,000 + commission should afford *SOME* marketing within the first month. Pretty sure I'll never list with these guys if we decide to sell...JMHO
I see four properties in Dunedin listed with TV. They are all pending. What’s the address?
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You need to look on The Villages site only - they cannot list on MLS
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TV is pretty much self-marketing.
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You need to look on The Villages site only - they cannot list on MLS
Was that directed to me? He said it was listed with TV, so why would I look in the MLS? I said there are four houses listed with TV, not MLS.
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Was that directed to me? He said it was listed with TV, so why would I look in the MLS? I said there are four houses listed with TV, not MLS.
I would guess the OP.

It might of gone under contract the first day of the listing thus nothing else is needed. From what I hear people are asking sales reps to grab property ad soon as they are available.
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It may depend on how good your Villages salesperson is. I'm sure some are better at marketing than others.
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Often seen signs on sold houses. Too lazy to flip sign to pending
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Sometimes they keep the sign up until the closing, just in case it falls through.
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Sometimes they keep the sign up until the closing, just in case it falls through.
Keeps their name out there if nothing else.
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OP, you might consider placing a phone call to Property of The Villages and ask the current status. Just a thought.
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Thinking about this and since all properties listed by the villages are MLS to their internal salespeople wondering how important outside marketing really is?

If the asking price is reasonable to the market it should sell quickly these days.
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Even if you list your property with The Villages, there is nothing to prevent you from notifying Zillow (which will spread throughout other sites) that your property is for sale and to contact The Villages for further infohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Thinking about this and since all properties listed by the villages are MLS to their internal salespeople wondering how important outside marketing really is?

If the asking price is reasonable to the market it should sell quickly these days.
A home 4 doors down listed with sign MLS went up for sale on A Monday. We signed our paperwork next day. Our sign didn’t go on the house for 3 days, because we wanted to speak to our long term tenant in person.

Homes are exactly the same, lot included, except color of outside, up grades the same, bond not paid. Our home $8,000 more than MLS. Day after the sign went up on our home sold little more than asking price.

Day before our closing we stopped at our home to get gate cards, and ID. Other home was having it 7th open house so we stopped in. Same wear, same everything. At 5 weeks dropped price $5,000. Still listed going on 8 weeks plus.

That’s our comparison with MLS and TV. This is our second home sold, same story for both
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Even if you list your property with The Villages, there is nothing to prevent you from notifying Zillow (which will spread throughout other sites) that your property is for sale and to contact The Villages for further infohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You may list your property for sale by owner on Zillow but it is wrong to list it for sale by owner and then have them call a Village representative. I guess thats why The Villages does not believe in a code of ethics.
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