Is illegal to pay referral fees to non realtors?

[Vladimir Gonzalez]

I post a ad on Facebook offering a $500 referral fee for anyone who can give and address of a crappy, ugly house. It's that illegal?

[Jean Bolger]

There's a lot of crappy ugly houses out there. I hope your offer goes into a heck of a lot more detail (like, a crappy ugly house that I can buy for a price that meets my criteria and I am actually able to buy...) otherwise you'll end up owing me a lot of money ;)