has any buyer investor taken a class to get mls access

Question

Has anyone had any luck taking a class to get access to the mls?

(in either North carolina or South Carolina?

Could you share the cost of the class, and monthly fee and link?

Did it also give you access to write your own offers from the brokerage office and credit them as the representative?

Jiri B. · Answer

@Matt Berklacy you don't need a real estate license or mls access to write your own offers as long as you are the buyer. You can get the same forms that realtors use without the realtor logo that you can use to write your own offers. So you don't really need a realtor to write the offers for you although im not sure the benefits of doing that since you don't pay any commission as a buyer.

There are multiple ways to get access to the mls. You can be licensed real state broker, appraisal, home inspector etc. The key is the "licensed" though.

In your case, you would probably just need to get a real estate license in my opinion.

To get the license, you have to take a class. That will cost you about $400-500. About 75 classroom hours (here is the link: http://www.members-base.com/ncrec/oecgi3.exe/O4W_P...), then you can take the real estate license test. Its about $100-200 if i remember correctly. Then you have to join couple of associations / boards (relators, tmls). Both are about $50/mo. Although you might get away without the realtors association.

The license renewal cost is about $45 for a year.

I was actually an investor like you but got tired of the constant realtor calling to see a property so i got my own license. Although i worked with a really good realtor so really the only reason for me was to save time and be more independent.. Maybe you just need to find the right realtor to work with.

It really just depends on your specific needs. But you should also consider the disadvantages of being a licensed as well.

has any buyer investor taken a class to get mls access

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