It appears to me that the MLS is serving a few instead of the general membership. While re-wording a phrase can obviously overcome the new rule, the issue remains that the MLS will soon create another new rule further prohibiting more words. It has gotten to the point, where we are being forced to just about leave the general remarks blank. Just yesterday I saw a listing that stated, motivated selller wants offers. That comment has been inserted in the MLS no doubt at the request of the seller. Exactly why was the MLS created? Was it not to be a service to members to provide a method for marketing homes to a large membership which in turn provides both sellers and buyers an advantage of using a member? Homeowners will soon discover, if they have not already, that there are numerous websites and listing portals available to them directly without using the service of a real estate agent.