Agent & Listing Transfers

Agent Transfer

As membership in State-Wide MLS is contingent upon an agent being a member-in-good-standing with the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS, as transferring agent, you must first have the Designated Broker of the departed office forward a letter to RIAR (fax 401-941-5320) declaring that you are no longer affiliated with that office. Secondly, you must also have the Designated Broker of your new office forward a letter to RIAR accepting you to that firm. Once both documents have been received, the appropriate membership record changes will be performed by RIAR and automatically forwarded to MLS so that membership and system access can be reinstated.

Listing Transfer

If you as a transferring agent wish to take existing listing clients with you to your new firm, please keep in mind that contractually, all listings signed by you are actually the property of the Designated Broker and respective firm under which those contracts were initially signed. In order to transfer your listings to your new firm that Broker must be willing to sign MLS’ Withdrawal Forms which would allow you to re-list those properties under your new firm.

For more information on agent and listings transfers, please contact MLS Customer Service at 401-785-9898.