You should walk in and tell the agent that you want to see the house as a comp, unless you're trying to get into a gated community or qualified buyers only showing, they will let you take a look.If you explain that you're an investor and trying to get a feel for the market, no harm no foul!

The people that take the time to get licensed and play by the rules are going to cry foul and they are going to win.Like Brian said, there will still be ways to wholesale, but they will absolutely be coming after the people that are essentially brokering without a license very soon, might as well do it right from this point, its coming soon IMO.Also, I call BS on the $3k non refundable for that kinda termite damage. 

I find the forums great for research and finding answers to specific questions (like your pet odor question from a few days ago); and I find the podcasts useful in a few ways: 1.

This place had had a WALL of odor when you walked in the door.

Problem is video recordings can't capture odor. 

Water damage, mold, old systems, leaky roof, rot, odor (humans and pets), old windows, filthy, etc. 

After the fact or being in a nursing home is an invitation for some family member to cry foul that mom was taken advantage of and gave the home away.The trick is to avoid future issues that are known to mess up your deal up front.

I've used it and been pleased with the results, and also have an ozone machine I have used to get odors out of the air as well.

There was a really bad cat urine odor in the unit that will simply not go away.  

Any odor?