You might want to learn your state laws for working as an unlicensed broker.

Is the agent going to list it for quite a bit more than you wanted to pay or were you planning on unlicensed brokering the deal?

Hopefully you HONOR your word instead of screwing over the homeowner like most unlicensed brokers do.

@Tyler Santos You can always start as an unlicensed assistant to get started or as a property manager for a large PM company to get experience on that side of the business. 

You won't get an honest answer on assigning them because unlicensed brokers will never admit to how many sellers they victimize by scamming out of the contract.

Unlicensed broker frauds can't stand the truth and being exposed.

Lots of real estate commissions seem to be cracking down on unlicensed activity like here in Colorado several unlicensed wholesalers have even prosecuted recently and so have agents who accepted large wholesaling fees in violation of their fiduciary duties as agents.

What can an unlicensed broker do that an agent cannot do?

Getting a license requires you to disclose you are a realtor which can get in the way of getting deals done so you can stay unlicensed and then refer to another agent a listing if you can't close it for a consulting fee.

The art of wholesaling by unlicensed brokers usually involves deceiving sellers and often walking away if they are not successful unlicensed brokering the deal.