pay agent for direct mls access

Investor · Miami, FL · Member since 2015 · 27 posts · 0 votes

I need to be able to access different MLS's in different areas. are there agents that I can pay them in order to get access? I need to be able to go over the current deals in the market and to send offers (all my offers look the same). I do not need the agent to do anything accept from giving me access or use his license to get RETS credentials. Do you know if there are brokers or other entities that I will be able to partner just for that?

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Eric X.

Real Estate Agent · Naperville, IL · Member since 2014 · 196 posts · 130 votes

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@Gon Eisenberg

Pretty sure that is against the rules in every state. You can partner with agents that will provide the information for you but they can't give you the credentials to login and do it yourself.

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Eric X.
Real Estate Agent · Naperville, IL · Member since 2014 · 196 posts · 130 votes
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@Gon Eisenberg
Pretty sure that is against the rules in every state. You can partner with agents that will provide the information for you but they can't give you the credentials to login and do it yourself.
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Nick Doria
Real Estate Agent/Investor · Chicago, IL · Member since 2015 · 229 posts · 108 votes
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I know from having access to the mls in Michigan and Illinois both states would cancel my access if they knew I gave it put or even sold the access. If you plan to use mls so much have you ever thought of getting your real estate license. Since that that would get rid of the middle man as that sounds like that's the ideal that you have right ?
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Real Estate Agent · Washington, D.C. · Member since 2012 · 17k+ posts · 30k+ votes
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It is against the rules in almost every location.
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James Syed
Real Estate Broker · Mount Olive, IL · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 310 votes
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Welcome to BP.
It's against MLS rules in my market area. I suppose it's the same everywhere else.
Hope it helps.
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Percy N.
Developer · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 905 votes
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Ask your agent if you can be their assistant.
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Matt Cramer
Residential Real Estate Agent · Rochester, MI · Member since 2012 · 152 posts · 52 votes
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Assistant logins are often available from the local board by agent requests. If you can become an assistant by doing a small amount of work for an agent you may be able to get the access you're looking for.
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Matt Cramer
Residential Real Estate Agent · Rochester, MI · Member since 2012 · 152 posts · 52 votes
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Assistant logins are often available from the local board by agent requests. If you can become an assistant by doing a small amount of work for an agent you may be able to get the access you're looking for.
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Gavin WelchPro Member
Real Estate Broker · Lakeland, FL · Member since 2011 · 305 posts · 181 votes
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Here in FL it is against the rules. But yes you can be an assistant to the agent and have access. There is a fee to most boards to be an assistant.
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Lance Wakefield
Flipper/Rehabber · McKinney, TX · Member since 2015 · 381 posts · 72 votes
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Also the MLS in many areas will use the IP address of the logins and agents will lose their access that way. They caught on to idea of sharing credentials and this is how they stop it. Be careful. Good luck finding a way to make it work.
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Cory Adams
Investor · Tampa Florida · Member since 2013 · 68 posts · 30 votes
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I have a little different take on this. If a friend that is an agent gave me access to the MLS his payment is that I will use him as my buyer's agent. Let's face it, after you gain access to the MLS you figure out very quickly that an agent is just not going to be able to give a few listings and comps here and there to EVER help you understand the market to any reasonable degree of depth.
It's almost pointless to go through an agent unless they are good at understanding what it is to help investors. Even then it's a cherry pick situation where you might get something but miss 5 others because you didn't know to look at a slightly different area or use different criteria (which having access to the MLS would have helped you do). This is an area ripe for disruption (as is title search for investors).
Short of that go the assistant route as was mentioned or think about the license. As an aside I would be willing to bet that many of the successful investors on BP don't need the MLS but use their networks to find deals.
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John Warren
Real Estate Broker · 3412 S. Harlem Avenue Riverside, IL 60546 · Member since 2015 · 6k+ posts · 5k+ votes
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another option might be to use a program like listing book. It's a program through the MLS that your real estate agent can let you use with a client login. Then you can pull comps and look at actives.... Just my 2 cents
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Cindy Bowman
Real Estate Agent · Harrisburg, NC · Member since 2014 · 121 posts · 44 votes
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Completely against the rules in North Carolina too.
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Real Estate Investor · State College , PA · Member since 2009 · 594 posts · 173 votes
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@Gon Eisenberg
I know this is a little light on what you are looking for but I would like to share a related story. I am setup with zillow to email me updates when prices on a house change or something new hits the market in the Altoona Pa area.
The other day, I got an email from Zillow that a new house hit the market. I called the realtor and asked when the house went on the market. She said she listed it the day before. Not all that bad of a lag time.
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New to Real Estate · Charlotte, NC · Member since 2015 · 177 posts · 69 votes
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@Gon Eisenberg
Great question find a Real Estate agent that understands RE Investing, build a relationship and ask if they can put you on their automatic alerts email list.
Listen to #askBP podcast #022 where @Brandon Turner talks about this.
Much success to you!
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