(vii) would seem to indicate that you'd be acting as an unlicensed broker.(1) "Broker":(A) means a person who, in exchange for a commission or other valuable consideration or with the expectation of receiving a commission or other valuable consideration, performs for another person one of the following acts:(i) sells, exchanges, purchases, or leases real estate;(ii) offers to sell, exchange, purchase, or lease real estate;(iii) negotiates or attempts to negotiate the listing, sale, exchange, purchase, or lease of real estate;(iv) lists or offers, attempts, or agrees to list real estate for sale, lease, or exchange;(v) auctions or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction real estate;(vi) deals in options on real estate, including a lease to purchase or buying, selling, or offering to buy or sell options on real estate;(vii) aids or offers or attempts to aid in locating or obtaining real estate for purchase or lease;(viii) procures or assists in procuring a prospect to effect the sale, exchange, or lease of real estate;(ix) procures or assists in procuring property to effect the sale, exchange, or lease of real estate;(x) controls the acceptance or deposit of rent from a resident of a single-family residential real property unit;(xi) provides a written analysis, opinion, or conclusion relating to the estimated price of real property if the analysis, opinion, or conclusion:(a) is not referred to as an appraisal;(b) is provided in the ordinary course of the person's business; and(c) is related to the actual or potential management, acquisition, disposition, or encumbrance of an interest in real property; or(xii) advises or offers advice to an owner of real estate concerning the negotiation or completion of a short sale; and

Under the amended rule, a broker could give an unlicensed person a gift of merchandise having a value of no more than $50 and this would not subject the unlicensed recipient to a charge of unauthorized practice as a broker, nor result in a violation of TREC rules by the broker giving the nominal gift

Just don't get cheap Craigslist contractors that are unlicensed and uninsured!

Additionally, many licensed people (myself included) will never agree to pay "finders fees," "referrals," "commissions," or whatever else the same fee can be called to an unlicensed individual. 

Sure there the unlicensed guys that operate differently .

Meanwhile they aren't even properly prepared because  their focus is solely on forming Wyoming LLC's  but lacked the appropriate types of insurance, operate with unlicensed and uninsured vendors, never sign contracts etc.

I have been doing DSCR loans for 10-12 years back when they were called cash flow loans, so when they fit they are a great product (even without the nonsense unlicensed DSCR only brokers say about them like the not on credit report BS) but they are NOT as good as a conventional if one qualifies. 

I looked into the Real Estate fund as well, and because he was an UN-licensed contractor, I can not apply for it. 

I suggest starting with an unlicensed group home.

It is absolutely illegal - and by the way, it's also illegal for a real estate licensee to pay an unlicensed individual referral/finder's fees too.