Real Estate Term You Should Know

REALTOR

A real estate broker holding active membership in a real estate board affiliated with the National Association of Realtors.

Sarasota, Manatee and Venice Realtors join with Mid Florida MLS

Local MLS associations, Sarasota, Manatee and Venice are joining together with the Mid-Florida MLS to create a powerful regional Multiple Listing Service entity that will greatly enhance local professional REALTORS the ability to provide a wider range of services and products to the areas home buyers and sellers.

"Forward-thinking REALTOR associations nationwide are looking at consolidation of MLS systems,” said Joe Hembree, 2007 President of the Sarasota Association of REALTORS. “We’ve listened to our members, and I think we’ve made the right decision regarding the future of our MLS system. The consolidation effort strengthens our technology platform, improves our data exchange, and makes life much easier for our members.”

May Aston, President of the Manatee Assn. of REALTORS, is excited about joining MFRMLS. “It is something that our members have wanted for many years,” she says, “and it will provide us with many services that would be difficult or expensive to obtain on our own.

Currently, the MFRMLS member associations include the Bartow Board of REALTORS, East Polk County Assn. of REALTORS, Greater Lake County Assn. of REALTORS, Greater Tampa Assn. of REALTORS, Lakeland Assn. of REALTORS, Orlando Regional REALTOR Assn., Osceola County Assn. of REALTORS, and West Volusia Assn. of REALTORS. The new member associations will include Englewood Area Board of REALTORS, Manatee Assn. of REALTORS, Punta Gorda – Port Charlotte – North Port Assn. of REALTORS, Sarasota Assn. of REALTORS, and Venice Area Board of REALTORS.