Which MLS to choose?

[Max G.]

Hello - I am wondering which MLS to choose for New York City and how to get an MLS ID?

Thank you for any help or feedback!

[Mohammed Rahman]

Hey @Max G. - guessing you're a newly licensed agent, congrats!

I'm a broker based in NYC, and part of multiple MLS's.

You're correct in assuming most agents work through showingtime and/or StreetEasy. I am not a part of REBNY' however I know that REBNY as a listing service known as RLS.

Although I can confirm, that whenever I work Manhattan transactions - it's through Street Easy (aka Zillow). 

It sounds backwards I know, but welcome to NYC where real estate politics apparently matter more lol. 

There's REBNY's RLS, OneKey MLS (Long Island + Queens + Westchester + more northern parts), there's the Brooklyn MLS, Staten Island MLS, etc.

I do most of my business through OneKey as its the most "uniform" one out of all of them. 

Yes you can post listings from different areas into OneKey and they will still show up on public sites like Zillow/Realtor/etc. (however it may not show up on Street Easy directly - for which you would have to have your own StreetEasy account).