well, NC may have defined or restricted agent activities under state law. but in general, there is pass-through legal liablility from the agent to the broker to the client.

Correct, the liability flows from the agent to the broker but an agent can not perform broker activities even if they are supervised by a broker.

Sorry, been gone a few days.

State licensing varies. In Michigan there is a distinction between what a Broker can do and what a licensee can do. Not everything that a Broker does, is permisable for a sales person to do. 100% liability for actions runs up hill (Broker is totally responsible for the actions of their sales persons, but the sales persons are limited, by law, of what they can do.

If Michigan wanted licensees to collect a fee for valuation services, they wouldn't have singled out the Broker as able to collect a fee, when they grouped both classes together when stating who can perforn the service.

In New York the payment must go to the broker regardless of who did the work. The broker then pays the agent if the agent actually performed the service.

[quote=Mr. Foreclosure]In New York the payment must go to the broker regardless of who did the work. The broker then pays the agent if the agent actually performed the service. [/quote]

That's the way it is for "Brokerage" services here too. But regardless of that, Licensees in Michigan can not legally be paid for ANY valuation services. Even if the service is legal. (All BPOs are not)

So far I am not aware that the legality of paying for BPOs has been challenged in New York.