[rogerall]

Originally Posted by drstevens

Plan to sell 2B/2B courtyard villa near Mallory Country Club and trying to decide between a Villages' Realtor or Multiple listing agent. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

We used Remax Preimier Matt Roberts. Villages did nothing for 6 Months, and wiill never let you out o the contract; Matt Sold in 21 Days with 2 competing offers. Call Matt today, you'll not be let down!!

[Stu from NYC]

I will tell you our experience.

We rented a house in June of 2019 and spent a bit of time with both a village and an MLS agent.

When we arrived we were given to a Village agent to get the keys and he convinced us to let him show us some houses.

Told him we wanted to see resales but willing to look at Feeney.

After being here a few weeks called him and met him at Feeney. Spent some time and looked at some houses and we decided we wanted to be North of 466A.

Told him that he said ok. Called him several times after that to look at resales and he never called us back. Apparently at the time he was only interested in selling new homes.

When we came to buy January 2020 called an MLS agent we spent time with the end of June and she took us around to look at resales. The one home we wanted we got into a bidding war and the owner took it off the market. No clue why that happened as they would have gotten $ 20,000 over the asking price. At that point the MLS agent had nothing to show us.

The next day called the Villages sales office and a salesman picked us up and that day and we purchased a house in Bonita. He never had such an easy sale but he was extremely helpful thru out the process.

My conclusion is it all depends upon the agent.

[Susan1951]

Hi I am selling a patio villa in The Village of Santiago let me know if you are interested

[Capt_Chris_Pike]

Originally Posted by Skunky1

Call a Realtor! Village sales agents are not Realtors.

Your ignorance is showing. Better cover that with some facts. Let me help you... ALL of the Sales Representatives who work for The Villages are licensed real estate sales associates in the State of Florida.

[yankygrl]

Originally Posted by drstevens

Plan to sell 2B/2B courtyard villa near Mallory Country Club and trying to decide between a Villages' Realtor or Multiple listing agent. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

If you go with village”realtor”, most aren’t realtors they are sales reps. Of course they will show your place but they will also tell the buyers how much better they can do south of 44.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Skunky1
Call a Realtor! Village sales agents are not Realtors.

Originally Posted by Capt_Chris_Pike

Your ignorance is showing. Better cover that with some facts. Let me help you... ALL of the Sales Representatives who work for The Villages are licensed real estate sales associates in the State of Florida.

Technically Skunky1 is correct, they may be licensed with the state of Florida as you say, but they do not belong to the Board of Realtors or adhere to the board's standards and cannot display this emblem. Looks like you joined in October and have 6 posts, it's easier to catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

National Association of REALTORS(R)

[stadry]

the villages sales staff are NOT Realtors ! agree w/mls suggestion

[stadry]

another advantage of bring a Realtor !

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Resale... MLS! You will get a lot more exposure and harder working agents!