Real(i)ty check: Can non-trade union brokers access or post on the MLS?

Is a broker/agent required to be a member of the trade union to access or post listings on the MLS?

No. (75%, 160 Votes)
Yes! (25%, 53 Votes)

Total Voters: 213

Check out our November 2010 first tuesday Real Estate Myth, “I must be licensed by the real estate trade union to practice real estate in California”.

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4 Comments

Beverly Hills Realty on November 12, 2011 at 10:45 am

So sad the state of the real estate market. your site has been very informative for me and I come here quite a bit I do not usually leave comments I will add your website on my facebook page. Also if you use a RSS feed? I could not locate it. I would appreciate to put it in my feed reader.

Anita on October 4, 2011 at 11:18 pm

Hello klesb:
When reading the textbooks for your courses and certain paragraphs point out an important issue, a question is asked by the author and when the answer is given such as Yes it is written as Yes! (exclamation mark) I personally thought this is very nice to place an exclamation mark on an affirmative answer. Also there is a “radio button” where people click on it to vote. (You click Yes! or No.). :)

klesb on October 4, 2011 at 6:45 pm

From the voting results, it appears that your exclamation point was on the wrong choice! Who at First Tuesday made that choice? Perhaps they need to work at a different organization, since they seem to be with different sympathies than their customer base!

Tim Carrico on October 4, 2011 at 6:25 pm

Regarding your Tip of the Week – “Just Say No to ARMS”: This is a very narrow-minded point of view. There are appropriate times for a knowledgeable borrower to choose an ARM with favorable terms over a fixed rate mortgage. I have about 10 ARMS at present and their interest rates are much lower than the one fixed rate mortgage that I have. And in the case of all of them, their average interest rates over the years has been significantly lower than fixed loan rates available at the time I got the loans. In addition, anyone who got an “A-paper” ARM in recent years should be enjoying a much lower interest rate than is even available at today’s historically low fixed interest rates. Get over it!!