The Best Use Of MLS Access

[Bobby Valcin]

There were some recent changes with the brokerage that I'm hanging my license with. To make a long story short I'm going to be required the pay MLS dues or my license will go to inactive. I was mainly using it for referrals.

Since the situation came about it made wonder if it could be useful for finding leads a little bit easier on my own (i.e. vacancies, expired listing, running comps, etc). I know a lot of info is available for free, but that info tends to be inaccurate, inconsistent and can be tedious to obtain, especially if I decide to start reaching to agents with old listings to make offers.

Another consideration is becoming one of the prized investor friendly agents that seem so coveted. The cost for the access is about $800 a year.

I would love hear your thoughts, especially if you have personally found value with having a license without using it for sales and rental as the focal point.