If someone uses an agent, an agent won't provide or should NOT provide the BS an unlicensed broker does.

Easier to get access to MLS by either having agents setting up alerts for any new inventory coming on the market that fits your criteria or by becoming an unlicensed assistant for one of your agents. 

really depends on where you live.And now with ORegon joining other states in cracking down on unlicensed wholesaling IE marking in any manner a property you don't own.. and even they don't like transactional funding either.. so this may bring a few more opportunities to those starting out that don't have big direct mail budgets etc..

And allegedly the Division of Real Estate is cracking down on unlicensed companies.

I'm hearing that the FAA is prosecuting people for unlicensed commercial flying. 

If you go with unlicensed work or owner operators it can be a lot less but you are gambling if you yourself are not very experienced.

Did the seller save money, or did they lose money using an unlicensed agent?

Account ClosedIt's great that you are a dual threat in that you can convert deals that unlicensed people can't so your conversion rates should be higher as you can offer the right solution to the seller whereas most wholesalers can only target the truly distressed who can't fix up their properties to list.2k = about 4000 mailings so yes, that's very different from the initial 10k on a credit card, 2k over 4-6 months is no biggie but if you just saved one commission you don't even need to put it on a card.

On my townhouse, I had a minor issue with the boiler and the business owner sent an unlicensed employee to do the work.

Licensed or unlicensed, stay on the right side of HUD--those guys don't mess around.