[mikel33]

Hello,
It is my understanding that, when shopping for a resale home in TV, in order to acess the entire inventory of homes one must deal with a "Villages" realtor for the VLS listings and with an outside realtor for the MLS listings. We have found a VLS realtor with whom we are happy. Does anyone have the name of a MLS or outside realtor they would recommend?
Thanks for your help,

Mike

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by mikel33

Hello,
It is my understanding that, when shopping for a resale home in TV, in order to acess the entire inventory of homes one must deal with a "Villages" realtor for the VLS listings and with an outside realtor for the MLS listings. We have found a VLS realtor with whom we are happy. Does anyone have the name of a MLS or outside realtor they would recommend?
Thanks for your help,

Mike

Lyle Gant

The Villages

[Ragman]

Originally Posted by mikel33

Hello,
It is my understanding that, when shopping for a resale home in TV, in order to acess the entire inventory of homes one must deal with a "Villages" realtor for the VLS listings and with an outside realtor for the MLS listings. We have found a VLS realtor with whom we are happy. Does anyone have the name of a MLS or outside realtor they would recommend?
Thanks for your help,

Mike

Mark Dyer with Black Tie Realty

[plimit56]

We bought our house through Bob Berube with Realty Executives. 352-446-9969. We were very happy with him.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by mikel33

Hello,
It is my understanding that, when shopping for a resale home in TV, in order to acess the entire inventory of homes one must deal with a "Villages" realtor for the VLS listings and with an outside realtor for the MLS listings. We have found a VLS realtor with whom we are happy. Does anyone have the name of a MLS or outside realtor they would recommend?
Thanks for your help, Mike

Welcome! This is a very exciting time for you!

There is a search button above ... if you type in MLS you will find a lot of information in previous threads about MLS agents. Good luck in your home search!

[Dirigo]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Lyle Gant

The Villages

After looking at Lyle Gant's website over a period of years, for more hours than I care to mention, I felt I owed it to Lyle to use him for the MLS part or our home search. Lyle's site had given me an in depth education in home values and a good feel for what desirable features were worth.

Lyle put my name on a robo-email list that sent out price reductions as soon as they happen. After a day of looking at houses with a VLS salesperson, who was very nice I must add, and seeing nothing we were interested in, Lyle's robo-email popped up with a grand-slam of a deal on a house that had, just moments before the email, dropped into our price range.

With the end of the business approaching I called Lyle. He agreed to meet us at the house at 5:00. At 5:15 we said "Let's go back to your office and write up an offer." By 7:00 we were at RJ Gators with friends celebrating our good fortune.

A counter-offer and final offer the next day sealed the deal. Lyle was very accommodating and supremely competent, and has a great personality to boot.

You can't go wrong with Lyle Gant in our experience.

I have no connection to Lyle Gant and receive no compensation for this recommendation.

[Mack184]

Ira Miller at ERA-Tom Grizzard. He was ours and he is a FANTASTIC guy. Very helpful, honest & decent. 352-454-9561

[buggyone]

Realty Executives or ERA-Tom Grizzard are both excellent firms.

Definitely, use the Villages agent AND the MLS agent.

It is not a secret game you have to play. The agents all realize this is being done and they welcome it.

[Radioman41]

We used Lyle Gant when we were looking for resales. He was extremely helpful in learning the ins and outs of The Villages. We ended up buying a new property through The Villages. We would highly recommend him.