New licensee in Los Angeles area looking to connect with local investors/ brokers/ agents/ lenders etc..

You do however have to disclose.To disclose you complete a "Licensee Disclosure of Personal Interest" in which you would write your name, the information on the property in question and whether your interest is in buying or selling the property. 

You are a licensee and not skirting laws to broker without a license. pekin is an unlicensed broker...there is no other way to put it.

Licensees don't have that issue2.

I have unfortunately run into a few of those that called themselves "wholesalers".Last but not least I have responded to a few of these posters asking if they are licensees or if they are skirting laws.

Even if you are in a state that regards this activity as requiring a license, the chances of your being subject to an enforcement action may not be large.On the other hand, if you do receive your license, you will then be held to the standards for a licensee.

In many states it is not legal to pay a non-licensee a referral fee.  

You cannot pay fees to non-licensees but they can pay you through your broker:) 

@Jared Mathis -  Not to burst your bubble, but as a Washington licensee, you are able to use your license to buy property in Washington. 

Otherwise, at least where I live, you need to join a brokerage as a new licensee anyways.