One of the reasons people list with a real estate agent is so they can have a buffer between every Tom, **** and Harry who for what ever reason wants to visit their home.

When you mean view, do you mean look at pics. If that is the case go to Realtor.com. Most mls’s will link to Realtor.com. You don’t get as much info as the mls but you will see the pics.

If you mean access, why do you want that, looking to buy, looking for clients for a R.E real estate related business, or gaining access to clean them out?

You can always go to the door of a every home with a sign in the yard and ask them to show you the home. Would you want to invite just anybody of the street into your home?

It’s not as simple as it sounds. Access to MLS is NOT free. My MLS, a relatively reasonable priced one, has a ‘joining fee’ of about $1000, an annual fee of about $400, plus a monthly technology fee of about $60. AND you must either work for a real estate agency or have your own agency. Others are allowed lockbox access for specific needs, such as home inspectors and appraisers, and they only pay a lockbox fee. But they have no MLS access.

In short, it’s costly and makes no sense unless you are in the business of real estate brokerage.

There ARE a few rogue agents who will naively give out their website passwords to others. I fired one last year, and he had his MLS privileges revoked. It’s clearly against the rules.

I don’t know what these others say but, I’ve been acess the MLS system for years and, I’m not licensed. You just have to know who, what, where and go in.

In North America, you need to be a Licensed Broker or a Sales Representative in the employ of a Licensed Broker to access the MLS system.

Also your Real Estate Board must subscribe to MLS.

If all of the above is true, you still must obtain the permission of the listing agent to show his or her properties.

Hope this helps.

V2K1

No, only those who are dues paying members of MLS.

My favorite house hunting site is.

mls.ca