My husband and I are in real estate and we have never, ever been part of a kickback. Actually it’s against the law including gifts or even hampers unless fully disclosed to vendors. We give people a spotters fee or hamper or gift card if they refer someone to us and they sell their house with us, but this is a spontaneous arrangement - a nice surprise would probably describe it best - and if we refer people to solicitors or building report companies etc, we give a list of at least five and we receive nothing in return. I guess kickbacks might be more applicable to shady operators and they are in all walks of life including unfortunately our elected representatives in government.
