The issue is Business and Professions Code section 10131 and Section 10137. Essentially, a licensed broker cannot pay a fee to a non-licensee to do something for which a real estate license is required. The court’s have addressed this (Shaffer v. Beinhorn (1923) 190 Cal. 569, 573-574, Tyrone v. Kelley (1973) 9 Cal.3d 1) and
