[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Have seen her name as a listing agent on quite a few properties here. Wonder if she has too much on her plate? No excuse for her actions though.

Indeed! I just checked. She has numerous "higher end" Villages listings. She is on Facebook and was at one time an associate broker with Sotheby's in the Miami area.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Denbal82

I appreciate your reply. I did contact a "so called" Village sales manager but the realtors are "contractors" and basically work for themselves. Like I said, he did assign me another realtor.

The "agents", not realtors, are not independent contractors with respect to you. They work for The Villages, who is the "broker" and they may have a separate agreement with the broker. An agent cannot sell a house without a licensed broker. But, your listing contract is between you and the broker, not the agent. I would suggest that you examine the listing contract to see who signed it as the broker. That is the person who you should talk with if you have an issue with the performance of the contract.

[Denbal82]

I did. I filled out a form but no response yet.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Did you complete the state form before or after meeting the sales manager?

[Denbal82]

Yes, that is correct. A broker did sign it. I just went through the chain of commands. I may contact the broker soon.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

The "agents", not realtors, are not independent contractors with respect to you. They work for The Villages, who is the "broker" and they may have a separate agreement with the broker. An agent cannot sell a house without a licensed broker. But, your listing contract is between you and the broker, not the agent. I would suggest that you examine the listing contract to see who signed it as the broker. That is the person who you should talk with if you have an issue with the performance of the contract.

[villageuser]

Originally Posted by pauld315

My understanding is that Villages "realtors" do not necessarily have to have a real estate license. They do not use MLS and they are contractors contracted to TV.

Exactly. Any company who refuses to use MLS is not diligently working in your behalf.

[NoMo50]

Does anyone else think there might be two sides to this story? FWIW...Debbie Sander is the #1 sales agent for Properties of The Villages, and has been since 2020. It would be pretty tough to achieve that level of distinction if she treated people the way the OP describes. Plus, the photo she uses in her marketing materials is not her high school picture, and saying that was definitely a cheap shot. Calling out someone based on their appearance is, on the other hand, very high school-ish.

[LeDia]

I had an awful experience with a village ‘realtor’. I contacted Jennifer Parr and was surprised to receive a phone call. I know my ‘realtor’ was spoken to and there were some other consequences for his actions or I should say lack of actions.

[rsmurano]

I put most of the blame on the seller and not on the agent. I have fired real estate agents within a month for incompetence before and I would have in this case after a few weeks. Using the villages real estate agents would have been easy because you would have just gone with another agent not another company, with me firing an outside agent, I went with another company so they lost rlms fees, photographer fees, etc..

[Chloe Girl]

Originally Posted by LeDia

I had an awful experience with a village ‘realtor’. I contacted Jennifer Parr and was surprised to receive a phone call. I know my ‘realtor’ was spoken to and there were some other consequences for his actions or I should say lack of actions.

You are very fortunate because we had an issue with the realtor when we bought here in The Villages. My husband tried to contact Jennifer Parr but his call was ignored by her.

[geobar]

After about one week of no response, I would have called her team leader at "The Village's Sales offices" to have her replaced.

Originally Posted by Denbal82

I listed my home with a Village real estate agent named Debbie Sander in August. From the start, my service from her was substandard.

In the beginning and talking with her in person, I asked her to send me a copy of the signed agreement. She never did. I asked again and she sends me a blank one. I finally got a signed one after a few calls.

Early on, I had to text her something important about the house and then days go by (or a week) and no response. I had to actually go to my open house just to talk to her. She told me her phone was "broken."

As the weeks go on, I emailed her, text her and left messages on her phone and no response. She did call me a week later about something else but never addressed my questions I emailed her about earlier. She said she must have gotten back to me and said she'll look at her phone logs. I told her I have phone logs as well and she changed the subject. She was also supposed to send me a contact name for a person regarding a small project around the house, you guessed it !- it never happened.

On one occasion, her assistant emailed me at 2:47pm saying I have a showing at 2:30pm that same day. Luckily, I left the house hours ahead for an appointment. Also her assistant emailed me on a Monday about something unimportant and then telling me to have a nice weekend. Ditzy?

On December 2nd, I left a voice mail with Debbie Sander saying i have something important to say and to call me back ASAP. To this day, I haven't heard from her. I since met with the Villages Sales Office manager and learned that Debbie had lied to me about sales statistics. I have now continued the listing contract with another Village realtor. If this original (long) 6 month contract expires, I will go with a MLS agent.

I'm sure many of you had pleasant experiences with her but, I just wanted to share mine and relay some information about her to help anyone make a discission if listing their home with a Village realtor. In my opinion, I don't think she's 100% coherent. Plus, I always wondered about a realtor using their High School picture on their business cards when you're in your sixties.

[Bridget Staunton]

When your contract is over, get a real estate company outside TV

[mkjelenbaas]

Originally Posted by Denbal82

I listed my home with a Village real estate agent named Debbie Sander in August. From the start, my service from her was substandard.

In the beginning and talking with her in person, I asked her to send me a copy of the signed agreement. She never did. I asked again and she sends me a blank one. I finally got a signed one after a few calls.

Early on, I had to text her something important about the house and then days go by (or a week) and no response. I had to actually go to my open house just to talk to her. She told me her phone was "broken."

As the weeks go on, I emailed her, text her and left messages on her phone and no response. She did call me a week later about something else but never addressed my questions I emailed her about earlier. She said she must have gotten back to me and said she'll look at her phone logs. I told her I have phone logs as well and she changed the subject. She was also supposed to send me a contact name for a person regarding a small project around the house, you guessed it !- it never happened.

On one occasion, her assistant emailed me at 2:47pm saying I have a showing at 2:30pm that same day. Luckily, I left the house hours ahead for an appointment. Also her assistant emailed me on a Monday about something unimportant and then telling me to have a nice weekend. Ditzy?

On December 2nd, I left a voice mail with Debbie Sander saying i have something important to say and to call me back ASAP. To this day, I haven't heard from her. I since met with the Villages Sales Office manager and learned that Debbie had lied to me about sales statistics. I have now continued the listing contract with another Village realtor. If this original (long) 6 month contract expires, I will go with a MLS agent.

I'm sure many of you had pleasant experiences with her but, I just wanted to share mine and relay some information about her to help anyone make a discission if listing their home with a Village realtor. In my opinion, I don't think she's 100% coherent. Plus, I always wondered about a realtor using their High School picture on their business cards when you're in your sixties.

Hire one of the ROGUE realtors- find Chris Day as he is the best??

[NavyBoy]

Originally Posted by denbal82

i listed my home with a village real estate agent named debbie sander in august. From the start, my service from her was substandard.

In the beginning and talking with her in person, i asked her to send me a copy of the signed agreement. She never did. I asked again and she sends me a blank one. I finally got a signed one after a few calls.

Early on, i had to text her something important about the house and then days go by (or a week) and no response. I had to actually go to my open house just to talk to her. She told me her phone was "broken."

as the weeks go on, i emailed her, text her and left messages on her phone and no response. She did call me a week later about something else but never addressed my questions i emailed her about earlier. She said she must have gotten back to me and said she'll look at her phone logs. I told her i have phone logs as well and she changed the subject. She was also supposed to send me a contact name for a person regarding a small project around the house, you guessed it !- it never happened.

On one occasion, her assistant emailed me at 2:47pm saying i have a showing at 2:30pm that same day. Luckily, i left the house hours ahead for an appointment. Also her assistant emailed me on a monday about something unimportant and then telling me to have a nice weekend. Ditzy?

On december 2nd, i left a voice mail with debbie sander saying i have something important to say and to call me back asap. To this day, i haven't heard from her. I since met with the villages sales office manager and learned that debbie had lied to me about sales statistics. I have now continued the listing contract with another village realtor. If this original (long) 6 month contract expires, i will go with a mls agent.

I'm sure many of you had pleasant experiences with her but, i just wanted to share mine and relay some information about her to help anyone make a discission if listing their home with a village realtor. In my opinion, i don't think she's 100% coherent. Plus, i always wondered about a realtor using their high school picture on their business cards when you're in your sixties.

you get what you deserve because you failed to be smart and go with sally love realty on 466a. She is the biggest and the very best and far superior when selling used homes in the villages. You get what you pay for....

[Dlbonivich]

Just like every company there are good and bad sales people. The number one agent obviously is popular and probably does a pretty good job. Remember Real Estate has been “easy” for the last few years. Things have changed somewhat, homes are not moving as quickly. She may have been going through an adjustment period. I have been doing real estate for 27 years. I have experienced slow downs before. It is not easy addressing this with clients with high expectations based on previous years. Hopefully she gets things together and moves forward. Sellers need to be prepared to have their home stay on the market a little longer. The market in The Villages is great, the rest of the country does affect the local market. Everyone wants to come here, but they need to sell where they are to get here. I wish the commenter good luck. Be patient.

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

All real estate agents must be state licensees.

They do, and they are. They are NOT part any local board of Realtors nor do they belong to ANY MLS service.