Can Anyone Access the MLS?
Most MLS systems restrict membership and access to real estate brokers (and their agents) who are appropriately licensed by the state (or province); are members of a local Board or Association of REALTORS; and are members of the trade association (e.g., NAR). A person selling his/her own home (i.e., acting as a for sale by owner) cannot put a listing for the home directly into the MLS. Similarly, a properly licensed broker who chooses to neither join the trade association nor operate a business within the association’s rules cannot join the MLS.
