How to Join

A Letter of Good Standing should come from the membership department of your Primary REALTOR® Board/Association. This will certify that you have paid your local, state and national dues through that Association, will include your NRDS #, as well as state that you have no pending ethics violations against your REALTOR® status.

Please note that this letter DOES NOT come from another MLS office OR the State Board of Registration.

All new members of CCIAOR are required to complete several requirements within the first months of their membership in order to stay in good standing. If you do not meet these requirements within the allotted time frame, your membership will be suspended until the requirements are fulfilled. If you have any questions about your new member requirements, please contact Danielle Smith.

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No. You must be a REALTOR® (either with the Cape and Islands Association or another REALTOR® Association) to join the Cape Cod & Islands MLS.

If you wish to join the MLS, you must become a REALTOR and you are required to complete the Code of Ethics course as well as either New Member Orientation or the Designated REALTOR® Broker Orientation depending on your membership category. In addition, you will need to take the Code of Ethics every 3 years to maintain your membership.

If you wish to join the MLS, you must become a REALTOR® and you are required to attend both Code of Ethics and New Member Orientation. In addition, you will need to take the Code of Ethics every 3 years to maintain your membership. The National Association of REALTORS® offers a Code of Ethics course specifically for appraisers that can be completed online.

Secondary REALTOR® membership with CCIAOR means that you have primary REALTOR® membership with another local board/association and your state and national dues are paid through them. Some individuals will choose to have their primary REALTOR® membership with one board and secondary REALTOR® membership at other boards so they can receive the benefits of membership from each local board.

Individuals who hold secondary REALTOR® membership with CCIAOR receive the same benefits as individuals who hold primary membership with CCIAOR.

Your primary board is responsible for tracking your new member requirements as well as your Code of Ethics requirement. There are no additional requirements when you join CCIAOR as a secondary REALTOR® member. However, you may find it helpful and informative to attend our New Member Orientation to learn about the benefits and services we offer.

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CCIMLS provides participants the option of a waiver of fees, dues, and charges for certain licensees or licensed or certified appraisers affiliated with the participants as described in the CCIMLS Rules and Regulations – Section 6.6 Subscriber Fee Waivers (“Fee Waiver Policy”).

• Licensees affiliated with a CCIMLS participant must either be a subscriber of CCIMLS or must be a waived licensee.

• For all licensees affiliated with a CCIMLS participant whom choose to waive their access and use of CCIMLS and its services, the following would apply:

• Any fee-waived licensee must be a subscriber in another multiple listing service or must exclusively work with rentals;

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from using this MLS’s systems, databases, etc. This does not include accessing listing information of the licensee’s own broker or of other brokers through the participant’s IDX site or elsewhere. It does include accessing such information on the participant’s VOW (which is for consumers’ personal use);

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from being a listing agent on an active or pending property listing in CCIMLS;

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from use of any data feed from this MLS, except one that includes listings only of the licensee’s broker;

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from using this MLS’s data on an IDX or VOW website identified as the fee-waived subscriber’s site or page;

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from using this MLS’s data in an automated valuation product or tool in any product or service identified as coming from the fee-waived subscriber;

• Fee waived licensees are prohibited from attending an MLS Tour, training, or utilizing any other product, service or benefit of the Multiple Listing Service.

• For a licensee to be eligible for a fee waiver, the CCIMLS Subscriber Fee Waiver Application must be completed by the firm’s participant (broker-in-charge) and be approved administratively by CCIMLS staff.

No. However, per the National Association of REALTORS® DR Dues Formula, the Designated REALTOR® (DR) of a firm is responsible for a dues assessment equal to the number of individuals licensed with that DR. In other words, all active real estate licensees working under a DR must also be REALTORS® (and pay dues) or the DR is required to pay a non-member assessment per licensee which is equivalent to the cost of REALTOR® membership. Note that all active licensees, including licensed assistants, are included in the DR Dues Formula. The only exception to the NAR DR Dues Formula is for agents who are Licensed for Referral Only Companies and qualified Mortgage Loan Originators. Please refer to the DR Dues Formula FAQ for more information.