[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Kilmacowen

This doesn't hold water! In the first place only the LISTING agent holds open houses. She/he is responsible and works closely with the seller. They do a check before closing the house, lights and door locks. This is routine and not forgotten several times.

If what you say is true, your neighbor with a key should have reported to the owner and she should have told her agent.

This is just another sad attempt to discredit villages agents who are licenced by the state and usually have years of experience.

In another post in this thread, a poster said that MLS agents are Realtors. Not true, they are ASSOCIATES not Realtors. The owner of the firm is the Realtor/broker.

"A real estate agent is a REALTOR® when he or she becomes a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, The Voice for Real Estate®, the world's largest professional association."

When Is a Real Estate Agent a REALTOR(R)? | www.nar.realtor

[donfey]

Originally Posted by davem4616

yeah...she went with the Villages agents and they are the only ones that have EVER hosted the open houses that they have had so far. After EVERY showing the lights are left on. Never happens in between open houses....this house has been on the market for 3 months now

So you're saying that you're okay with a realtor showing your home and walking away without turning off the lights that they turned on to "show the house" and you think that that's worth paying top money for???

the owner isn't local...leaving the lights on costs her money...

you think this behavior is worth 5-6% when there's an alternative???

When listing with The Villages, the listing DOES NOT appear on MLS, and "outside" realtors cannot sell them. The Villages Realtors do come with other benefits, however, and are worth every penny of the 5 or 6 percent.

[Kilmacowen]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

"A real estate agent is a REALTOR® when he or she becomes a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, The Voice for Real Estate®, the world's largest professional association."

When Is a Real Estate Agent a REALTOR(R)? | www.nar.realtor

True, but as a Realtor they would have to spend a lot of money and education to get a broker's licence. Plus several hundred in yearly fees to be a member. This is only necessary for the owner of the firm. Agents do not need that to sell and a broker's licence is of little value unless they are opening their own business. So they are ASSOCIATES not Realtors

And the so called "code of ethics " is a joke. The are out for themselves, not the seller. They work both sides of the fence to make the sale.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by davem4616

yeah...she went with the Villages agents and they are the only ones that have EVER hosted the open houses that they have had so far. After EVERY showing the lights are left on. Never happens in between open houses....this house has been on the market for 3 months now

So you're saying that you're okay with a realtor showing your home and walking away without turning off the lights that they turned on to "show the house" and you think that that's worth paying top money for???

the owner isn't local...leaving the lights on costs her money...

you think this behavior is worth 5-6% when there's an alternative???

I wouldn't make a big issue out of it and it sure would not be a deal breaker, let the person who is watching their home take care of it.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Pamelah

That’s a snarky comment. No neighbor should have to “clean up” after an agent!
It happens all too frequently that you see or experience a service agent screw up because they weren’t trained properly or just don’t care.

But singling out The Villages charging 5 or 6% is ridiculous, they all charge a commission and most of them leave the lights on be it The Villages or MLS agents. It's been going on for decades, this is not newsworthy.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Kilmacowen

True, but as a Realtor they would have to spend a lot of money and education to get a broker's licence. Plus several hundred in yearly fees to be a member. This is only necessary for the owner of the firm. Agents do not need that to sell and a broker's licence is of little value unless they are opening their own business.

Not only the Principal, Designated, Managing and Qualifying Broker, but every licensed agent working for an MLS member company as an Associate (sales person/agent or broker) must be a Realtor.

Understanding Real Estate Agents vs. Brokers vs. Realtors

[Mumbles]

Originally Posted by Girlcopper

And this concerns you how?

This concerns her because, like ANY good citizen, she takes an interest in her fellow person and is willing to walk in their shoes. I can't think of ANYBODY I know who would hesitate to be a good neighbor. 'Nough said.

[dnobles]

Funny you should post this about leaving the lights on. I noticed one this morning on Ridgewood path, same thing several lights on. Owner is not here. I thought the same power bill!

[Mumbles]

Originally Posted by La lamy

I think you're a good neighbour for looking out for their money not being wasted unnecessarily. I'm saddened by so many people on here who are saying you should not care.

PERFECTLY SAID. I'd have YOU as a neighbor ANY day!

[WEM7310]

The reason is the COVID protocols. The less touching the better. I’m selling my house and I turn them on , leave, and turn them off.

[rogerk]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

The title of this thread is meaningless as there is no such thing as a Villages Realtor. Their in-house agents are not Realtors.

Like most of the other Real Estate agents, The Villages Real Estate sales people are ALL licensed REAL RSTATE AGENTS.

[Mumbles]

Originally Posted by davem4616

well apparently it helped by giving you an opportunity to come off the sidelines and express your own negativity

just saying....

I wonder if most of us understand how TotV could be beneficial to people OTHER THAN ourselves. Here's an idea! Let's all decide to a) Read a post, and b) say how we would act/react if the event being discussed happened to us. Instead of making ourselves sound so darn superior that anybody in the forum must be beneath our acceptance of their reasons for writing.

What could this sound like....hmm... Oh! Something like:
The OP SEEMS to be writing a negative report. If it were me, I would just ignore it. See how simple that is? And it would not CREATE or fire off a series of rebuttals, although, in THIS case, the positive responders outnumber the negative-sounding ones.
Mumbles

[Sherry8bal]

Maybe so but YOU knew what he meant!!!!!!!!!

[bpascani]

Villages sales reps cannot cooperate with other listing agents, so only other Villages reps can show a "Villages" listings. SO, when you are buying, you need to have a Villages rep, and one other (doesn't matter which) MLS trained/certified agent, if you want to see all listings. All of the MLS agents cooperate with each other (i.e. RealtySouth can show Susan Love, etc properties, and vice versa, but not The Villages listings.

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Kilmacowen

This doesn't hold water! In the first place only the LISTING agent holds open houses. She/he is responsible and works closely with the seller. They do a check before closing the house, lights and door locks. This is routine and not forgotten several times.

If what you say is true, your neighbor with a key should have reported to the owner and she should have told her agent.

This is just another sad attempt to discredit villages agents who are licenced by the state and usually have years of experience.

In another post in this thread, a poster said that MLS agents are Realtors. Not true, they are ASSOCIATES not Realtors. The owner of the firm is the Realtor/broker.

I just love the 'arm chair' know it all's...somehow they believe that they have omniscient vision, can always make the correct call, sight unseen and are never wrong

So only the listing agent is able to host an open house for TV Realty (or whatever their name is) huh? NOT!
Last week it was a guy who hosted the open house, I know it was a guy because I actually spoke with him, he was a lot bigger than the gal that ran it this week...he had on a pair of dress slacks, she was dressed in a skirt, so it was easy to tell from a distance that it was someone else...and unless the gal that hosted it previously somehow shed 20+ years and a lot of weight, I'd bet the farm that those two gals are not the same sales person either...so that false claim is 'busted'

Yeah, I bet they do a check that the lights are all turned off before they leave....it must be that those devilish lights wait until the sales person leaves before turning themselves back on, or maybe there's an elf living under the sink that's doing it. Not the first time the neighbor with the key has gone in later to turn off the lights.....'busted again'

And what makes you think that this hasn't been relayed to the owner (more than once)? Busted again, it has been conveyed and she's not happy....so you're 0 for 3...not too good at holding water, to use your analogy. But you can go ahead and basically call me a liar while you hide behind a fake identity if you'd like...I'm a veteran, I served so that you would continue to have that freedom of speech amendment right.

I applaud professionals that choose to differentiate themselves by obtaining credentials in their field.
That said....please, turn off the lights when you're finished.