The MLS creates the best, most efficient and most consumer friendly marketplace for realtors to serve sellers and buyers. With MRED expanding nationally, this move now provides an opportunity for agents across the country seeking MRED access to become members IL Realtors.
In that experience I came away thinking that associations could actually be stronger for their members if they had voluntary membership, Cofano said. A lot of members view their dues as a tax and that creates this negative tension between members and the organization, and that is always an uphill battle in delivering value. In many parts of the country; however, it was challenging to untie Realtor membership with MLS access, Cofano said, preventing any sort of meaningful change.
