Choosing an MLS for Hudson Valley, NY

[Kathy Li]

Hi BP,

I'm newly licensed, joined R New York in the city about a month ago. My motivation for getting a license is to find multifamily deals in Hudson Valley, NY--Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, and Beacon--and to reinvest commissions. I went with R because it's close to home, easy to get to training and I prefer to pay a flat fee over a percentage on my commissions. By default, R doesn't come with the MLS I want and so startup-costs go up:

Poughkeepsie - Dutchess County - Mid Hudson MLS
Beacon - Dutchess County - Mid Hudson MLS - $300/year
Newburgh - Orange County - HGAR $150/year

For $450/year I'd get access to the three areas I want, but there's also the option of going with New York State MLS - $320/year. Would deals that show up on MHMLS and HGAR not show up on NYSMLS and vice versa? What're your thoughts and considerations?

Kathy

[Catherine Emert]

You would want to contact the MLS office of each of these and see what all they include. Most MLS' do not share information unless they have some sort of an agreement in place and use the same MLS there are so many MLS platforms out there this is pretty rare.