It is true that you need to be a real estate agent if you want to list properties that you do not own or that you do not CONTROL with a contract. I assure you that 99% of real estate agents do not understand what wholesaling is. So they assume you doing the same thing they are doing… which you are NOT.
That’s why you need to get a contract to control the property before you sell it or before you do a highest bidder sale.
You should also NOT be looking for wholesale opportunities using a real estate agent anyway.
You should ONLY deal with the seller directly for wholesaling.