Need help. Bird Dog legality in Louisiana

[Teri M.]

Would appreciate if any experienced bird dogs or investors could read this Louisiana law below and tell me if this will affect me being a bird dog/consultant in louisiana? If so are there ways around it legally? Please read entire law below, this would be very beneficial to us veiwing on here thats from louisiana,thanks and please reply back on your respectful opinions.

LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE COMMISION LAW

§1459. Real estate activity; unlicensed person

A.(1) In addition to any other civil remedy or civil penalty provided for in this Chapter, the commission may issue a subpoena to any person or persons who the commission has probable cause to believe has engaged in real estate activity without a currently valid license.

(2) Subpoenas issued by the commission shall comply with the notice requirements of R.S. 49:955. These subpoenas shall be served upon the unlicensed individual personally or by any type of mailing requiring a return receipt and shall include a statement of the manner in which the unlicensed person shall be required to respond to the commission.

B. The commission may impose a civil penalty of no more than five thousand dollars upon any unlicensed person who, after a hearing or informal resolution in accordance with all provisions of this Chapter and the Administrative Procedure Act, is found to have engaged in real estate activity without the benefit of a currently valid license having been issued by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. In addition, the commission may assess costs and attorney fees against the unlicensed person found to have been engaged in real estate activity without a current license.

C. The fact that any person engages in or performs or offers to engage in or perform any of the practices, acts, or operations set forth in R.S. 37:1431(7) is prima facie evidence that such person is engaged in the illegal practice of real estate.

D. No person engaged in real estate activity without a currently valid license shall have the right to receive any compensation for services so rendered. In addition to any other penalties imposed under R.S. 37:1455 and 1458, the commission may require that any person engaged in real estate activity without a license return any fees collected for engaging in real estate activity.7) "Real estate activity" means any activity relating to any portion of a real estate transaction performed for another by any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation, foreign or domestic, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration:

(a) Sells, exchanges, purchases, manages, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate.

(b) Offers or attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, management, rental, or leasing of real estate.

(c) Lists or offers or attempts or agrees to list for sale or lease any real estate or the improvements thereon.

(d) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate or the improvements thereon.

(e) Advertises or holds himself, itself, or themselves out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, managing, renting, or leasing real estate.

(f) Assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or closing of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which results or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, managing, leasing, or renting of any real estate, other than a provider of information, ideas, and materials to guide homeowners in the sale of their own property.

(g) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby he undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both.

(h) Sells or attempts to sell or offers or attempts to negotiate the sale of any business whose assets include real estate or leases of real estate.

(i) Lists or offers or attempts or agrees to list for sale any business whose assets include real estate or leases of real estate.

§1436. Licensing and registration required

A. Licenses issued by the commission shall be classed as active and inactive.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indirectly, to engage in or conduct, or to advertise or hold himself out as engaging in or conducting the business, or acting in the capacity, of a real estate broker or real estate salesperson within the state without first obtaining a license as such broker or salesperson, and be classed as an active licensee, as provided in this Chapter, unless he is exempted from obtaining a license as specified herein.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indirectly, to engage in or conduct, or to advertise to hold himself or itself out as engaging in or conducting the business, or acting in the capacity of a timeshare interest salesperson or timeshare developer without first obtaining a registration as such a timeshare interest salesperson or timeshare developer, as provided in this Chapter, unless he is exempted from obtaining a registration as specified therein.

D. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity who, directly or indirectly for another, with the intention or upon the promise of receiving any valuable consideration, offers, attempts, or agrees to perform, or performs any single act described herein, whether as a part of a transaction, or as an entire transaction, shall be deemed a licensee or registrant within the meaning of this Chapter. The commission of a single act by such a person or entity required to be licensed or registered under this Chapter and not so licensed or registered shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this Chapter.

§1445: UNLICENSED PERSONS CANNOT RECOVER BROKERAGE CHARGES

No action or suit shall be instituted, nor recovery be had, in any court of this state by any person for compensation for any act done or service rendered, the doing or rendering of which is prohibited under the provision of this Chapter to other licensed brokers or licensed salespersons unless such person was duly licensed under this Chapter as a broker or salesperson prior to the time of offering to perform any such act or service or procuring any promise to contract for the payment of compensation for any such contemplated act of service