[Rets-dev] MLS Data

[Chris McKeever]

Tony - typically, and almost always, MLS data is only for member use
only - meaning you need to be an Agent or the like, and they then
provide access to the system to you.  Each MLS has different
requirements, specs, and policies for the use of thier data.

If you want something to display real estate data against, I would
suggest looking at the info contained in Googlebase and/or Craigslist
becuase both those are open repositories of data - real estate and
other.

-Chris



On 10/26/06, Tony VanScoy <tvanscoy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking at developing a website that would list real estate in my
> area. I'm not an agent, I just want to list all available properties
> in a given area. I've researched RETS over the past few days and found
> a lot of good info. The one thing I didn't find was how I access the
> MLS data using RETS. Does www.rets.org have a server my code would
> connect to? I was directed to realtors.org a number of times, do they
> offer this service? How about flexmls.com? They have a flexRETS
> product that sounds interesting. Flexmls.com seems like a middle man
> though. Is there a master MLS/RETS server for me to connect to. What
> does it cost to access this 'master' server if it exists?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
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