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Marketing Question related to referral fees
I am currently marketing to absentee owners through direct mail.
My question is:
If I include in my direct mail piece that I will offer a cash referral fee to someone if they refer someone they may know who is a motivated seller to work with me and we end up purchasing the home Is that considered bid dogging? Is there anything illegal about doing that?
I am not inquiring about the concept of wholesaling in general but more specifically offering a cash fee to someone who refers someone to work with me.
To me it seems like a good idea of being able to reach more people without directly mailing to them because not every motivated seller is going to show up on a list or county record.