Referral Incentive Program

[Will Mann]

Hello all, 

Has anyone found success incentivizing referrals. I don't mean bird dogs or wholesalers, but for contacts or other networks you may have. If they are not licensed real estate agents, is there a way to legally incentivize them? Would this be possible if the referral incentive was not cash and instead was a gift of some sort?

I feel like I'm stretching it a bit here, but it never hurts to ask!