Talk of The Villages Florida - My Experience with a Village real estate agent.

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Originally Posted by Croan (Post 2166458)

The people who sell for TV, are Florida licensed sales agents not REALTORS. Developer LICENSEES obtain their license through the State of Florida, just like MLS Realtors. The Developer has their own sale system (go online to the Villages app to find Developer listed resale properties ). The Developer has chosen NOT to affiliate with the Realtor community. The Developer does not share their listings with the MLS community. The Developer does NOT share new construction listings with the MLS community.

If you are a REALTOR, you are a member of the local multiple listing service MLS (sharing your listings to other MLS member offices and Realtors) and the local Realtor Association. You are a member of the Florida State Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. You have a Code of Ethics to adhere to. You have MLS rules in which to abide. You do NOT have access to ANY of the Developer listings, new construction or resale properties. And you do not share your MLS listings with the Developer community sales team.

As a Developer's licensee, you are NOT a Realtor, yet you ARE a Florida licensed sales agent. While there are good licensees in both organizations, please don't confuse the difference between a licensee and a Realtor. The standards are much higher for a Realtor as prescribed by their rules and regulations (ie: Code of Ethics).

I know the difference. I am a REALTOR, still licensed in my former state and have been for many, many years.

Many VLS agents were successful Realtors in the past, including the subject agent referenced by the OP.

BTW friends of mine who have bought and sold numerous homes both for personal use and investment have experienced Realtors prioritizing listings by the commissions and bonuses they would receive. From the back seat of the car one friend looked over the shoulder of Daughter Realtor who had the listings on a sheet of paper instructing Mom Realtor, the driver, which house to visit next. They started with the highest commission/bonus house first and worked their way down toward the lowest. lol.

My experience with my first VLS agent was disappointing in that even after repeated requests he passively refused to show me even a single resale house. He aggressively steered me to buy a new house and only took me to new spec houses. My guess is VLS agents are incentivized to push new houses as selling new homes is the meat and potatoes of the development business; resales are gravy and icing on the cake - obviously a lot of gravy and icing in The Villages.

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Originally Posted by MillerD (Post 2167057)

Not a resale. They can take a very long time as you're always up against the new homes that list lower than the used homes.

As long as you price your resale to the market they typically will sell quickly.

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Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 2165817)

Our first Villages agent when we arrived was horrendous and despicable and lazy.

The second agent is a Cracker Jack! Goes beyond the call of duty and doesn't wait for things to happen, she makes things happen. She has the energy of a military person from Sparta. When I'm about to drop she motivates me to keep looking. Even my wife, The Energizer Bunny is impressed and that in itself is not an easy trick to pull off!

They are not all bad. I'm so happy I gave this woman a chance. I'll reveal her identity after my deals are signed sealed and done, done, done. She's one in a million. She loves her job. I'm impressed.

I wonder if she's the same one I have. She's got so much energy she's exhausting sometimes;)

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Originally Posted by MillerD (Post 2167057)

Not a resale. They can take a very long time as you're always up against the new homes that list lower than the used homes.

Priced right and desirable this is not true……

Real estate Agents

All of the real estate agents who sell homes in the villages have the same licenses. The only difference is the villages does not belong to MLS. If they did any agent could buy or list any property in or out of the villages. The owners of the villages wants to have a say in marketing and make it more attractive to work for the villages. Who do you call from another state to buy. The villages office. Get it?

I'm so glad that someone finally said it. In our opinion, she is horrible. A couple of years ago we were under contract for a house she had listed. A major issue was not disclosed and we had to get a lawyer to get our deposit back even though we had concrete proof that both she and the owners were well aware of the issue. After that, we refused to look at any house that she had listed.
You'd be wise to avoid. We recommend JaLaine Callaway. She's as honest as they come.