Anyone Else Fed Up With Realtor Based Multi-list?

[Meandering]

Then call the board and ask.

Can the state mandate you to patronizing an unregulated monopoly, with no price controls?

I think you lose because you are not buying MLS service,

You're paying dues as a member,

so get yourself on the BOARD MLS COMMITTEE and figure out how to make it cheaper for appraisers and Realtors in your area.

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[Timeismoney72]

Then call the board and ask.

Can the state mandate you to patronizing an unregulated monopoly, with no price controls?

I think you lose because you are not buying MLS service,

You're paying dues as a member,

so get yourself on the BOARD MLS COMMITTEE and figure out how to make it cheaper for appraisers and Realtors in your area.

.

You are correct.. I was forced to join as an "associate member" because I am not a sales agent. I am paying dues as a member and not buying MLS service because that was not an option. Still BS IMO.. I have no desire to join their committee of realtors.

 

[JTip]

Being a Realtor is a prerequisite for membership as either a designated Realtor (broker, appraiser) or sales agent (under a broker) under PAR rules.

 

[Meandering]

Then call the BPOA and ask them
if you have to have MLS access,
and join a group you don't want to join,
and still be able to complete res appraisals,
for all the different types you do,
and still be compliant with USPAP,
as you don't want to risk a sanction.

They'll tell you, and it's much better than our opinion.

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[Meandering]

Actually,

Now that I'm thinking about it.

You might not have to pay fees simply to access the MLS data.

There was some hoopla-hoopla, which caused the NAR and PAR to change the copyright info for our listings, because of something like this.

Let me look for it and see what I can find.

hold on a bit.

 

[Michigan CG]

Here MLS access gives one access to realist, important for checking prior sales, loan amounts, documentary transfer numbers etc.

Around here none of that information is available through the MLS. It costs $2/property to get that information.

 

[Timeismoney72]

Per the PA Real Estate Appraisers Board.. "There is NO regulation that requires MLS access." I asked if public free information was acceptable if disclosed and her response was YES. I asked if I would be in violation if I relied on other sources and disclosed them in my report and she said NO.. So there it is.. In PA. it is not required to have MLS access. As for USPAP, full disclosure of where the data came from should be acceptable as well. That being said, I'm still not sure I am willing to take the risk of not having access to the local MLS.

 

[Timeismoney72]

Actually,

Now that I'm thinking about it.

You might not have to pay fees simply to access the MLS data.

There was some hoopla-hoopla, which caused the NAR and PAR to change the copyright info for our listings, because of something like this.

Let me look for it and see what I can find.

hold on a bit.

Thank you!

 

[Meandering]

MLS THIRD PARTY ACCESS

http://www.realtor.org/sites/defaul...hures/2014/2014-Checklist-MLS-Participant.pdf

Yeah, if you have flex, look on the left in the other crap we need to tell you link and look for 3rd party access to see what the charge is just for the MLS.

You may not have to "join" and volunteer to pay RPAC, but I believe the law has been changed that the MLS systems have to allow 3rd party access, but it isn't free.

 

[Meandering]

That's great, but,

How does that fit with the certifications on the Fannie Mae forms?

'Cause that right there is your specific issue, when the SOW requires use of the Fannie forms.