Vermont: No Wholesaling-Specific Law

State: Vermont | Status: No wholesaling-specific statute as of July 7, 2026 | Bottom line: The standard wholesale model is legal here. Contract, assign, get paid. Respect the licensing line, and keep an eye on Montpelier, because lawmakers there are already studying investor activity in housing.

What This Means

Vermont has no statute aimed at wholesalers. No mandated disclosures, no registration, no seller cancellation period, no assignment restrictions. Ordinary contract law applies, which means a purchase agreement is assignable unless the agreement itself forbids it.

Your process does not change: purchase contract with assignment language, end buyer secured, assignment signed, fee collected at closing.

The constraint that exists everywhere exists here too. Brokering real estate without a license is illegal, and it is the one legal trap in an otherwise open state. The habits that keep you clear:

Sell your contract position, not the property. An ad for an assignable purchase agreement describes something you own. An ad for the house describes something you do not.
Be a principal on every deal. Pairing up buyers and sellers you have no contract with, for a fee, is licensed activity.
If marketing properties directly is part of your plan, get licensed and make the question moot.

Watch Out For

Unlicensed brokerage exposure is the main risk today. Small state, tight-knit real estate community, so undisciplined marketing gets noticed.
One signal worth knowing: the Vermont Legislature commissioned research in 2026 on investor-owned residential properties and housing affordability. That is not a wholesaling bill, but it tells you lawmakers are looking at investor activity, and wholesaling laws in other states often started from exactly that kind of study.
Check back on this page. We update it when anything concrete moves in Montpelier.

This is analysis, not legal advice. Confirm anything you rely on with a Vermont real estate attorney.