2. a. Why do brokers prefer hiring sales agents as independent contractors"? Each of the following is true, EXCEPT Relieves the broker of responsibility for unemployment compensation b. Relieves the broker of responsibility for social security taxes for the sales agents c. Relieves the broker of liability for the sales agent's acts and omissions d. Relieves the broker of responsibility for withholding of income taxes for the sales agents 6. a. Written agreements are required for each of the following, except An agreement to list real property for sale. b. An agreement to sell real property. An agreement to lease real property for a year or more. An agreement to rent property on a month-to-month basis that lasts for 18 years. C. d. 10. Each of the following is a possible consequence/penalty that an MLS can impose if a real estate professional who is an authorized MLS user/subscriber does not report a property pending sale or a property sold in a timely fashion, except Loss of real estate license. a a. b. Substantial fines. C. Removal of listings from the MLS. Suspension of rights to use the MLS. d. 11. a. Each of the following is true about a digital lockbox, except A digital lockbox allows the homeowners to lock up valuables to protect them during open house showings of their home. b. A digital lockbox allows the listing broker's office to provide other real estate professionals with access to keys for a listed property with an electronic passcode. A (more sophisticated) digital lockbox allows the listing broker's office to keep track of the real estate professionals who have had access to the listed property, with unique, assigned electronic passcodes for each professional. A (more sophisticated) digital lockbox allows the listing broker's office to keep track of the date(s)/time(s) each particular real estate professional has had access to the listed property. C. d