Bird dogs compensation

[Andrew Hoelzel]

Attorneys only please as everyone else will just muddy the waters.

1) Am I allowed to pay a fee to a bird dog for uploading a photo and some notes about a distressed home?

2) Am I allowed to pay the same human a fee once we close a contract on said home?

Assume the following:

I am an investor and not a licensed agent

Bird dog is not a licensed agent

My own $0.02 worth:

1. Nobody is acting as an agent or marketing real estate to anyone.

2. It does NOT seem to be a RESPA violation as as defined by anything remotely RESPA I am reading.

Thanks team, I look forward to clean accurate answers.