Licensees usually say yes and the non-licensees say no. 

if this is not done by a licensee it is illegal.

In California if you do 8 or more wholesales a year you need a licensee by law

Why not just wait until she moves back to GA in a year, which by then she would have 3 years as a GA licensee.

Posting license and brokerage information in the ad makes it easy to separate the licensees from others. 61J2-10.025 Advertising.(1) All advertising must be in a manner in which reasonable persons would know they are dealing with a real estate licensee.

Their NLMS and DRE show as brand new licensees.

Similarly, the Dept. of Real Estate does not allow their licensees to accept an advanced fee unless the fee has been approved by the DRE.It's all these complications that had me wondering aloud about how others who are not attorneys are doing this so "easily", but apparently, your responses imply that most of these guys are truly doing this illegally unless they have an attorney on staff.

If you want to bring a buyer from NV and purchase property in CA, you the licensee would have to hold a CA license.

Sometimes having one is a disadvantage as you are subject to a higher code of ethics being a licensee.

Licensees REALLY need to be careful!