How to find wholesalers?

[Alex Manley]

As an aspiring real estate investor (hopefully formerly aspiring very soon), I have seen lots of articles and posts about how to be an effective wholesaler, but I have not seen anything about how a buy and hold investor can find and work with a wholesaler.

So how does an investor find a wholesaler, and then what does the working relationship look like from the perspective of the buy and hold investor?

Additional question, is it better for a new investor to work with a wholesaler, or with a real estate agent? I am currently working with two real estate agents to find a multifamily to house hack, but so far haven't had much luck.