New investor - Kansas City

[Warren Kong]

Hello BP,

I'm a new investor looking to get started investing in single family homes in Kansas City, MO. I current live in CA and like many others, have to look elsewhere. I've picked KCMO after running some census data through an analysis and evaluating the economic indicators for growth.

I've read David Greene's book on long distance investing and found it really helpful and insightful in providing a great framework for the BRRRR strategy. I also took a visit out to KCMO a few weeks ago and found a few good neighborhoods that would be worth investing into, and I'm getting pretty excited to start my journey.

I have a few questions that hopefully someone might be able to help with:

-do most investors use real estate agents to find their deals? Or do people use wholesalers?

-does anyone have any recommendations for agents or wholesalers who would be interested in working with me?

-does anyone have any good property manager recommendations?

Any help would be much appreciated!