I am currently a unlicensed general contractor, but am in the process of getting that finalized very soon.

Be careful how you use the numbers, always look for your local rates, and "side job" usually means they are unlicensed at all.

As someone who's business is based on high prices charged for quality work, we see the reality of flipping in Denver without trying to paint with a broad brush, but the facts are that too many flippers make their profits off the backs of their help, they do so much under the table, with the cheapest, unlicensed labor they can find to do something good enough for it to last long enough to get sold.

I've read about investors asking agents to get permission to be an unlicensed assistant so they can get MLS access - something that Realtors are not supposed to (at least here in Missouri).  

In some states,  wholesales are seen as acting as unlicensed real estate agent, is this true?

I am a Florida Realtor and I am hiring my first un-licensed assistant and needed know if he can call my internet leads to see if they want to sell or buy and then set up an appointment? 

If you're a licensed real estate agent, you have a duty to inform the seller.If you're unlicensed, you should probably ethically tell her, but you've got to make that choice yourself.

I know unlicensed traders or mortgage brokers are allowed 3 seller finance deals per year without invoking the act.

If you cut ties with one principal broker, you are unlicensed until you sign on with another.If your main goal is access to the MLS to work your own deals, you can find companies that just charge a transaction fee instead of take percentage of your commission.

That's a surefire way to get an unlicensed broker complaint with the state.