Brokering Illegal?? Connecting flippers with Private capital

[Menalik Archer]

A friend of mine is flipping a couple of properties and she was looking for some private capital. I reached out to my network of private investors and connected them two together. We agreed to a small finders fee after closing. I mentioned this to another flipper in casual conversation and he said what I did was illegal and that I needed a broker license. Is this true?