In the third case, a Massachusetts trial court ruled in
favor of the brokerage in 2013, holding that the state's
real estate statute allows
real estate salespeople to be classified as independent contractors or as employees controlled.
Because today's tech - savvy home buyers and sellers are unlikely to ever set foot in a
real estate broker's office —
favoring meetings at properties and communicating online — the Michigan state law no longer requires all
real estate brokers to publicly display their paper license and those
of their
salespeople.