Does activities before closing count towards REPS hours?

[Vittal Premachandran]

I realised that I have clocked up a bunch of hours performing activities that lead to buying my house. These activities include shopping for mortgage, communication with lenders, going to open houses, doing comps for putting in an offer, analysing disclosures, and closing activities. Can I count these hours towards the hours required for REPS?

Specifically does going to open houses and finding properties on Zillow count?