At that point you can be at a brokerage as an associate brokerage or open up your own shop.REALTOR is a third party NAR association and has nothing to do with real estate commissions giving license to practice real estate.You do have carrying costs yearly being licensed.

While the NAR, as I recall, addresses this issue as well.As to it being poor practice, besides it dancing along the violation of any applicable law, issues can arise when one provider is suggested by several Realtors and never includes other providers without good reason.

Uh-oh, big surprise: NAR has fudged up data to hide the magnitude of the collapse:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/ts_nm/us_usa_economy_housing

(a $39.95 value)  If you are an NAR member go to http://www.claim.realtor to sign up for your free domain :)I meant to do it earlier (the free domains started at 11 am EST today) but forgot and missed out on www.heatherjones.realtor :(  

Realtors are people too so a friendly face and voice tends to put you straight to the top.Be wary Investors, not many people know this but Pocket Listings will soon be a lot more rare due to the NAR recently passing a few rules forcing realtors to put a pre listing on the MLS 1 day after advertising (to groups, email lists, signs, ect)Now more than ever a 1 on 1 relationship will be important since I believe many realtors will start to only give info about a pocket listing if they are asked directly to avoid starting the 1 day rule.

NAR is one of the biggest lobbys in the country same with state charters.. one big corporation is not going to change the laws that are LAWS on the books.. 

Hello,I am wondering if anyone knows the legality of putting MLS listings on an online website without being a NAR registered brokerage.

You will have yearly expenses of maybe $1200-1500 for licensing, continuing education, NAR/PAR/Local Board dues, MLS and lockbox fees, errors and omissions insurance etc.

Although it is against NAR protocol to receive a fee through a real estate transaction outside of closing and not disclosing all material costs on the HUD1, since Chase is nearly made whole, I am going to say this is not an issue for you.

Low inventor means there are few choices and buyers snap them up quickly.Here in our area, and I suspect many others, evaluating the overall market is the kind of silliness the press and NAR promote.