Online brokerages are digital real estate firms that source listings from local multiple listing services, aggregate them for users and then offer in-house agents to broker deals.

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Both firms review scads of data that pour in from various multiple-listing services in cities across the U.S. and sift through rental listings.

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Zacharakis, adding that it would be difficult to discourage consumers from listing their parking spaces on multiple services.

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