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Dave, you are correct.
However, I have found that many Clients/Customers are not willing to take the time/effort to go through the grievance process. They just want to move onto someone who is going to treat them right and get the job done. Whether a member of NAR or not.
While I am a member of NAR, I do take issue with insinuations and ads implying that, unless your agent is a Realtor (R) he or she may somehow be lacking in the ethics department.
You aren't a Realtor until you join NAR..you are a licensee.
The only choice I had was to decide if I wanted to use the MLS or not...the local boards would not allow me to if I was not a member of NAR.
Actually, that is not completely true.
One can have access to the MLS and not be a REALTOR - The infamous case against SDAR (San Diego Assn of REALTORS) changed the "rules"
What Great Day said was partially correct in that most MLS's have a public site; however, in order to have full access to all the information such as expiration dates and property history, paid membership is required.
What Great Day said was partially correct in that most MLS's have a public site; however, in order to have full access to all the information such as expiration dates and property history, paid membership is required.
Not in NAR. In San Diego and other places a Broker need not belong to NAR in order to be a full member of the MLS.
[quote=PghREA;2418764You have to be a member NAR to join our MLS and most of the companies in my area will not "hire" anyone who is not a member of NAR.[/quote]
We have a number of non REALTOR offices here. And some, as I previously mentioned, have access to the MLS.
I'm going to hazard a guess - you might want to check this out: I'll bet that you have some non-REALTOR MLS members - Since the SANDICOR case went to the Federal courts, non-REALTOR members really cannot be denied access.
Hmm. I wonder if it's a state or local type thing because in my area you can not be a member of our association unless you are a member of NAR. You can not have access to the local MLS unless you belong to the association. So, if I'm not NAR, then I can't be FAR and I can't be FCAR which means no MLS. That's the way I understood it. Heck, I'd love to get rid of some of these fees I pay but I'd be dead in the water if I didn't have my local mls. I think.
So, if I'm not NAR, then I can't be FAR and I can't be FCAR which means no MLS.
And if there is no MLS then you're SOL
The devil made me do that
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