So I could very easily deed my property to the city, or grandma, or anyone else without their knowledge or permission.  

I asked the borrower to give me permission to have a credit check done on him for the purposes of exploring selling the note.

I feel no need to compare it against Scientology as I know hypnosis, have put people under hypnosis with their permission, and can see it's effects.

That is intense...I look up everyone who applies on social media, but I would never ask for their permission to access their accounts.

If marketing a house of which you are not the legal owner (i.e. not on title) is illegal, then that is true of an "unlicensed broker" or a licensed RE agent that does not have a listing agreement with the owner (unless the sales contract is somehow a substitution for the listing agreement - which I cannot see being true since a listing agreement gives an agent permission to list on behalf of the owner and to act in the owner's best interest but in a wholesale transaction, the agent is acting on his own behalf and in his own best interests).Again, I see a lot of arguments about unethical behavior, untrained/naive newbies, "unconscionable profits", etc. that again is not inherent to wholesaling without an RE license but is just the result of bad practices that can be found in any activity/profession. 

I'll let you guess who's permission I need to decide which markets to invest in.

I had a tenant's adult daughter who handed me my "copy of the new key" after she changed the locks without permission, but I checked it as soon as she handed it to me, and it didn't work.  

I also rented one room in my 2 bedroom rental in Airbnb, with permissions of the landlord, before María hurricane and had to reject offers because I needed some privacy during month but could have probably rented the whole month non-stop If I wanted.

I am sad to hear you have had bad experiences and I would like to put these to a stop with your permission.

If that's the case with SS, with your permission, I may just have to contact your broker...Do you have experience managing investments out of state?