Tell me Maureen. Where do you get your forms and Supra Key? From the Board Office or the MLS office? Do you have an MLS office that is separate from the Board Office? If your forms are “Board Forms” and the Board Office is where you get your Supra Key, you are likely a Board owned MLS, which is the norm in most of the Country.

You wrote: “Most mls systems are owned by NAR and State Boards of Realtors.”

Really?

I know you have sold in more markets than anyone I have ever, ever known but does NAR own individual MLS systems? If it owns some … it does not own all boards…IMHO or from my limited experience.

The board I belong to, the Columbus Board of REALTORS® owns our MLS. CBR is not owned by our state association of REALTORS®, OAR or NAR

CBR members belong to OAR and NAR. I always assumed things were pretty much the same everywhere.

You’ve sold in CA. FL. PA. NJ? Others? Were the local boards in the markets you sold in owned by NAR or the state associations?

You are correct that given the rise of people who have real estate licenses, we may need to change with change. We as an industry may have to change a lot of things, given the rise of those who wish to have licenses for their own investment purposes, or to access data, like Redfin and the like.

It is a fairly new development for people to want real estate licenses and mls membership, who do not sell real estate. So change creates change. But then why does the public view our need to change, as dishonest, deceptive and hoarding? Seems like a natural flow of events from my side of the fence.

Every mls member agent has access. Now how do we sort “bona-fide” agents from non-”bona-fide” agents? This is a relatively new dilemma. Agents who affiliate with companies must answer to the Broker. But now many “Brokers” are simply data collecting machines with a Broker License permitting them entry, who do not know or care about the “Rules” of play. Others are allowing people with licenses to “hang” them, without supervision for a price.

Buyers are being sold to agents by bottom feeding sites. Agents are being sold “access” by brokers who make money on desk fees and don’t supervise activity of the agents.

The world is certainly changing, as Robbie says. Now what do we do to change with it and why are we criticized for seeing the need for change?