I can find plenty of unlicensed people, but I need them to be licensed to do most work.

Hey guys,Unfortunately I have given a lot of money to a contractor (more than 2/3 of total rehab cost) to an unlicensed contractor (he deceived us that he was licensed).

Consider becoming a licensed or unlicensed Real Estate Assistant. 

There's an attorney in Orlando who has a great website devoted to this exact topic that is a must-read: https://www.richardhornsby.com/crimes/regulatory/u...It states: "In Florida, it is unlawful to engage in the following real estate related activities for compensation without possessing a real estate broker's license or sales associate license.Advertising or marketing another person's timeshare or property for compensation.Auctioning or attempting to auction another person's property for compensation.Buying or attempting to buy real estate on behalf of another person for compensation.Listing another person's timeshare or property for compensation.Operating as a real estate broker or sales associate without a license.Renting, leasing, or attempting to rent or lease real estate on behalf of another person for compensation...The crime of Unlicensed Practice of Real Estate is a Third Degree Felony and assigned a Level 1 offense severity ranking under Florida’s Criminal Punishment Code.If convicted of Unlicensed Practice of Real Estate in Florida, a judge can impose any combination of the following penalties:Up to five (5) years in prison.Up to five (5) years of probation.Up to $5,000 in fines."

Typically, a licensed agent cannot accept or give a referral fee to someone who is unlicensed. 

It sounds like these guys might be selling an unlicensed security.

The unlicensed person may not have the extra disclosure requirements to sellers when negotiating investment deals. 

According to a post or two on BP, apparently other States seem (I can't confirm if the practice is correct/legal) to let their unlicensed assistants take the initial information and chat with clients about properties.Most real estate investing is really a "self employed" kinda of endevour unless you are thinking of working for some sort of investment firm, developer firm, architect/engineering real estate firm (whose day to day focus really probably wouldn't be on real estate).I hope this helps some. 

The reason it was something that you are still going to be successful with is that you have the ability to see what happened, use all that knowledge from the bad experience with an unlicensed contractor to needing more of a spread with the purchase verse the ARV.

He used an unlicensed onsite manager at my property.