CanIWholesaleWholesaling law, checked by state

Guides · checked October 21, 2026

Wholesaling law guides

The mechanics behind the checker: counts, marketing lines, structures, city layers — and the two corrections that show why this site dates everything.

The 2-deal states

Illinois, Virginia, Minnesota and the rolling 12-month count.

Market your contract, not the house

The distinction every wholesaling law turns on — and where public marketing crosses it.

Double closing: where it helps, where it doesn't

Oklahoma and Louisiana wrote it into their statutes. Illinois didn't.

Philadelphia's second license

The city license that stacks on top of Pennsylvania's Act 52.

Correction: HB 797 is not law

The bill the internet states as North Carolina law — and its actual paper trail.

Correction: AB 1850 died

What California wholesalers actually face, and the forms trap nobody mentions.

New-law pages

Rhode Island's 2027 license law

Enacted, dated, coming January 1, 2027 — what changes and what to do in 2026.

Connecticut registration, live now

$285, the disclosure report, the 90-day cap, the recording ban.

State law pages

Every state with a wholesaling-specific law, in the searcher's exact question. The other 28 jurisdictions are in the full 50-state table.

Is wholesaling legal in Alabama?

Yes — with written disclosures and a 3-business-day heads-up. Alabama wants the seller told, in writing, that you intend to market your equitable interest — before you start — and

Is wholesaling legal in Arizona?

Yes — with two written disclosures. Before a binding agreement, a wholesale buyer must tell the seller in writing that it is a wholesale buyer; a wholesale seller must tell the buy

Is wholesaling legal in Connecticut?

Yes — after you register. Since July 1, 2026, Connecticut wholesalers must register with the Department of Consumer Protection ($285 for two years) before acting. From October 1, 2

Is wholesaling legal in Delaware?

Disclose now, license soon. Delaware's disclosure and 21-day cancellation rules are already live (since August 30, 2026), modelled on Pennsylvania's. The license requirement for an

Is wholesaling legal in Illinois?

Once — maybe. Illinois counts deals on a rolling 12-month clock. Dealing in assignable contracts on 2 or more occasions in any 12 months is a 'pattern of business,' and a pattern m

Is wholesaling legal in Indiana?

Yes — but Indiana polices how you knock on the door. Its law is a solicitation regime: every mailer, text, sign, and post from an unlicensed buyer must carry a specific disclosure

Is wholesaling legal in Iowa?

Not on your own. Iowa is the strictest drafting in the country: you must be a licensed broker, or be represented by one, to wholesale a 1–4 unit home at all — and you owe written d

Is wholesaling legal in Kentucky?

Privately, yes — publicly, no. Signing a contract and assigning it quietly is lawful in Kentucky. Advertising an equitable interest for sale is brokerage, and doing it without a li

Is wholesaling legal in Louisiana?

Yes — without a license, but with the heaviest disclosure pack in the disclosure tier: a statutory notice in the contract, the state cancellation form, a 5-day cancel-for-any-reaso

Is wholesaling legal in Maryland?

Yes — with written disclosures, on a narrow set of homes. Before the contract: tell the owner in writing you may assign it. Before assigning: tell your buyer in writing you hold eq

Is wholesaling legal in Missouri?

Yes — but start two weeks early. Missouri gives you the longest fuse in America: a separate, bold, signed disclosure at least 14 calendar days before the contract, or there is no b

Is wholesaling legal in Nebraska?

Privately, yes — publicly, no. Nebraska put 'publicly marketing an equitable interest in a purchase contract' inside the definition of broker activity, carved it out of the owner e

Is wholesaling legal in North Dakota?

Yes — with a written disclosure to everyone at the table. And note the scope: since August 2025, North Dakota's rule covers all real property, not just houses. It is the broadest d

Is wholesaling legal in Ohio?

Yes — if you hand over one very specific piece of paper first. Ohio's new law (March 2, 2026) requires a separate, standalone, bold 12-point disclosure, signed and dated, before an

Is wholesaling legal in Oklahoma?

Privately, with paperwork — publicly, no. Oklahoma's Predatory Real Estate Wholesaler Prohibition Act bars unlicensed public marketing of an equitable interest, and since November

Is wholesaling legal in Oregon?

Yes — after you register. Oregon does not ask for a broker's license, but since July 1, 2025 you must register with the Oregon Real Estate Agency as a Residential Property Wholesal

Is wholesaling legal in Pennsylvania?

No. Since January 4, 2025, wholesaling is broker work in Pennsylvania. If you promote the sale of an equitable interest in a 1–4 unit home to assign it for a fee without taking tit

Is wholesaling legal in Rhode Island?

Today: no wholesaling license law is in force yet. On January 1, 2027, that changes completely — Rhode Island's new law will require an active real estate license to enter a wholes

Is wholesaling legal in South Carolina?

Honestly: South Carolina is the closest thing in America to a ban on the usual wholesaling model. Assigning your own contract, privately, is not by itself 'wholesaling' under the s

Is wholesaling legal in Tennessee?

Yes — with written disclosures, in bold, inside the contract itself. Tennessee's 2025 law wants the seller told before signing that you intend to market your equitable interest, an

Is wholesaling legal in Texas?

Yes — if you disclose in writing, first. Texas lets you assign a contract without a license only on two conditions: you are not acting as a broker, and you disclose in writing — to

Is wholesaling legal in Virginia?

Once — maybe. Virginia copied the Illinois model in 2024: dealing in real estate contracts, including assignable contracts, on 2 or more occasions in any 12 months makes you a brok

Is wholesaling legal in Wisconsin?

Yes — with written notice at two moments: tell the seller you are a wholesaler no later than signing, and tell your assignee, no later than the assignment contract, that you hold e

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