WATCH OUT ! Not being licensed-consulting-or collecting fees can get you in trouble!

[Joel Owens]

I see a lot of posts on BP about consulting, referring leads off to try to collect fees from agents when the parties are unlicensed.

Every place I know it is against the law. I can't speak on other states but this great article from our GREC ( Georgia Real Estate Commission ) spells It out very clearly for Georgia.

Georgia State Law

Interested to here responses on this.

[Joel Owens]

Everyone please keep the topic on track. I don't want this to get political. While everyone might not agree with all the laws the choice has to still be made to follow them or potentially suffer the consequences if discovered. That is each individuals choice to make.

I was simply putting out their especially for people in GA who constantly ask on the site if they can do this or that. Legal attorney consultation on how they want to set things up to see if they are within the law is a best practice but sadly many do not have any money and skip this step. They want legal advice for free on a forum where that is not the intended purpose or implied in any way.