MLS stands for "Multiple Listing Service". Most people refer to the MLS as if it were one large database of homes nationwide, which is incorrect. There are actually more than a thousand individual MLS boards across the country and are all separate from each other! When a Realtor looks on their local MLS in Miami, they can't see the listings in the Jacksonville MLS. That's why it's so important to be listed in the correct local MLS.
There are a lot of national websites, like Realtor.com, that aggregate listings from all these MLS boards, and put them on one giant website, this is called an IDX (information data exchange). Some information, such as commissions offered to agents and owner contact information, is only displayed on the local MLS for agents to see, and not the national public websites. Agents will only be able to get the home owners information through the MLS.
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