Property Scan vs your MLS's CMA tool
Written by propertyscan.ai. We make one of the products compared here. Facts checked October 30, 2026. Not affiliated with any MLS, or with FBS, the maker of Flexmls.
Who each one is for
Your MLS's CMA tool: Agents who belong to an MLS. The CMA is built into the MLS system that the MLS licenses for its subscribers.
Property Scan: Licensed real estate agents. Property Scan covers 38 states and DC: any county, pulled on demand. You send an address by email, on the website, or in Claude or ChatGPT, and get a CMA back in minutes, built from recorded sales, with every adjustment shown. 3 free reports, no card.
The facts, with their sources
Every MLS licenses its own system, so your CMA tool may work differently. The facts below are from one of them, Flexmls, as an example, read on FBS's own help pages.
| Topic | Your MLS's CMA tool | Source |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask for a report | You start a CMA from any search page, or from CMA under the Search menu. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| How you ask for a report | For a Full CMA, Flexmls suggests starting with a search, so you choose the comparable listings yourself from your criteria. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Where the data comes from | Comps come from your MLS. If your MLS allows it, you can also add comps that aren't in the MLS. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Also | Flexmls is an MLS system sold to MLS organizations, which give it to their subscribers. | flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Also | You choose the listing status yourself. For sales, that's Closed/Sold and a date range. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Also | You make the adjustments yourself on an Adjustments tab, then review or change the price recommendation. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Also | When it's finished, you can email, save, view or download the CMA. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
| Also | Flexmls has a guided help tour for making a Form 1004MC report. | help.flexmls.comChecked Oct 30, 2026 |
When your MLS's CMA tool fits
- It comes with your MLS membership, and you already know your way around it.
- You want to pick every comp yourself from an MLS search, by status, such as Closed/Sold over a date range you choose.
- You know about a sale that isn't in the MLS and your MLS allows non-MLS comparables.
- You'd rather set each dollar adjustment and the final price recommendation yourself.
- An appraiser or lender wants a Form 1004MC market-conditions report: Flexmls, for one, has a guided tour for it.
- You work in one of the 12 states we don't cover yet, such as Texas or Utah.
When Property Scan fits
- The night before a listing appointment, when you're away from your MLS login: email the address to comps@propertyscan.ai and the report comes back in minutes.
- You're already in Claude or ChatGPT: ask for comps there and swap any comp just by saying so.
- A rural or acreage property with few sales nearby, where you want recorded sales from county records, with every adjustment shown.
Using both
Run your MLS CMA as usual, send propertyscan.ai the same address, and compare the two sets of sales and adjustments before you settle on a price.
How we checked
We read every page below on October 30, 2026, and each fact above links to the page it came from.
- help.flexmls.com/en/comparable-market-analysis--cma--in-flexmls.htmlRead Oct 30, 2026
- help.flexmls.com/en/create-a-full-cma.htmlRead Oct 30, 2026
- help.flexmls.com/en/comps-tab--cma-.htmlRead Oct 30, 2026
- flexmls.com/discoverRead Oct 30, 2026
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