What I Want in an MLS Platform: a Broker’s Perspective

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with J. Philip Faranda (J. Philip R.E. LLC) Westchester County NY License # 49FA1074963

MLS or Multiple Listing Service software needs to catch up with what consumers want and what brokers need to stay valuable to our clients. The data is there; the means of using it to our best ability has not yet caught up. 

The software an MLS uses for their platform affects the job we do as agents on behalf of our clients. We don’t simply search for properties; we do comparative market analysis, we tally market statistics, and we need to use the data to advocate for our clients on negotiations. Inflexible, hard to use, or less functional software puts clients at a disadvantage because their agents don’t have the necessary tools to do their job as well as they could. With that in mind, here is what I want in an MLS platform.

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