Finding Deals: Flex MLS vs MLS

[Dalton Uphoff]

Hey all, I am very new to the real estate sphere and am only gathering knowledge at this point. So far I have read a few books, hung around this site, and attended a few of the webinars. In the webinars, Brandon always says to reach out to a realtor to ask for access to the MLS. Well, I did so though they said they couldn't give me full access to the MLS, they gave me access to the Flexmls. Is this about as good of access as I can get since I am not a real estate agent myself? I'm really just analyzing deals right now to practice the numbers side of real estate, and this seems like it will work nicely for that. Let me know your thoughts!