If you are a Real Estate Broker and/or Agent, please cut and paste the link below in to a browser for an article written in the N.A.R. magazine by their legal department, “Finding The Yes In RESPA”.
It will basically tell you that it is legal to EARN money, but it is illegal to take a gift and/or a referral fee of any value over $25.00. Here you earn money for work done, no gifts, no referral fees.