The current market is allowing unprofessional, unlicensed, under-qualified companies to make a good living.

No compensation can be paid to an unlicensed entity.

This is one of the pitfalls of dealing with unlicensed brokers.

Any unlicensed person negotiating a purchase price with seller, marketing the property (or the contract) to bring buyer and seller together and receiving compensation for it is brokering without a license.

Can you imagine me showing up on the unlicensed broker forum as a top poster?

Things ARE different for Realtors® who Invest than the unlicensed!  

I do not know if an unlicensed (person not identified by NC Bar) individual can access the system or not, but I do know you will need to be bonded and pay for access (~$495) plus per-query fees.

The lack of doing so within the contract deadline would be enough for the Seller to keep your earnest money if you are not able to perform to the contract.Additionally, in many markets (PHX is one of them), the Department of Real Estate is going fast and furious after unlicensed wholesalers who are conducting real estate activities without a license. 

If an unlicensed party to the transaction thinks you did something wrong, they could sue you for damages.  

I can't legally compensate someone that is unlicensed.