[asianthree]

Originally Posted by kimgarwel12@gmail.com

I won't mention our realtor's name but suffice it to say she was lousy. As soon as we signed on the dotted line, she disappeared. Wouldn't answer emails, phone calls or texts. I even referred 2 other parties to her who bought homes with her and same thing with them. She even said she needed to take us to lunch or something for the referrals. Nothing!! Although we did get an insulated cooler bag with her name on it at closing (and she wasn't even there for that!!) We get mailers from her still touting her success at selling homes and showing the latest one she's sold and asking us for our business if we're ready to sell!! Guess what?? She won't see the back end of us ever again!!

Either we had the same female agent or there are two. Ours went dark even before we closed, with issues prior and during our closing.

While stopping in a random open house, we met Mark Kennedy. A agent who cares about their clients is a game changer.

[Hospes444]

Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with a Villages realtor. We had purchased three other properties in Florida with a realtor, from our home in PA. She videotaped while walking thru the homes, and told us important information that would help in our decision process. We very happy with the properties we purchased through this realtor. When we started to look in the Villages we were limited to what she could show us; so… we ended up using Wayne Machol. Unfortunately he did not tell us the kitchen cabinets had been painted, or that the taxes were based on “homestead” rate (even though I asked), among other things. We had been “lulled” into trusting realtors by having purchased 3 properties from an honest realtor. Mistake
And what are all these BBQ’s and parties you all mention? We didn’t have any of that?

[lynnschindel]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Mine was Patricia Minnihan. Hosted parties every year, except for the last couple. The one at the Polo fields was awesome. Great realtor to have

Patricia Minnihan sold us our courtyard villa, and when we decided to move here permanently, she handled our purchase of a larger house. She's the best!!

[Altavia]

Mine was smart, young, nice but inexperienced and not a self starter.

Guess she did ok. She showed up at closing in a new dress, fresh hairdo and new car and a bag with two Villages wine glasses for us ������

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Mine was smart, young, nice but inexperienced and not a self starter.

Guess she did ok. She showed up at closing in a new dress, fresh hairdo and new car and a bag with two Villages wine glasses for us ������

So you got the car and wine glasses how bad is that?

[BobnBev]

We had Chris and Carol Ann Wyatt. Couldn't have treated us better. When I see he has an open house, I go and he remembers my name. This is from 12 years ago. Super guy.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Mine ended up being promoted to one of the sales managers, which meant spam e-mails twice a week so I finally "unsubscribed." But when we bought the house, he was our "buyer's agent" and not the sales agent. He gifted us with a pair of Tervis tumblers, a really nice thick sturdy thermal bag, a pair of beach towels in bright day-glo colors, (all with the Villages logo) and the $50 house sign certificate.

[Dulcimer]

Originally Posted by petsetc

This morning, Gail Evans (352-874-1504), the VLS agent who sold us our house in 2015 called and asked if we were still up north and was there anything she could do for us, such as take furniture in or whatever.(Hurricane Ian)

The purchase of our house was the only transaction we ever had with Gail and limited contact since.

The buying experience was painless, we had some specific criteria and she worked to, and was able to meet them. I have never posted about Gail before and probably won’t again, but she is more than worthy of note.

So what has your VLS or MLS agent done for you lately?

Our long distance purchase was seamless. There was some furniture we wished to purchase from the seller including an electric fireplace, but they were auctioning off everything. Much to my surprise, when we finally moved in, there was a similar, nicer electric fireplace that Kathy found, purchased & moved in for us. She said it was the 1st “housewarming” gift that truly lived up to its name! She & her husband Tim have helped us in many ways, including spending a few hours at the end of our move helping us move boxes, hauling off items so we could get our car in the garage before a much needed trip back home. Tim even did free notary work on the sale of my husband’s home in TN. They are 2 awesome people with a lot of care & energy.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Mine was smart, young, nice but inexperienced and not a self starter.

Guess she did ok. She showed up at closing in a new dress, fresh hairdo and new car and a bag with two Villages wine glasses for us ������

Initials S.H. by any chance?