Is it too soon to reach out to real estate agents?

[Paul Saechao]

Hi BP family,

Newbie here... In one of Brandon Turner's YouTube videos, he mentions that I should start analyzing deals every day. I've been doing so by analyzing properties off websites such as realtor.com and zillow.com. However, I've read that I can miss a lot of deals if I rely strictly on these websites and that I should utilize a real estate agent. I'm still educating myself so I don't plan on purchasing a property anytime soon. Is it too soon to reach out to an agent? Would I be wasting an agent's time by asking to be put on automatic emails for new properties that come onto the market, or is this pretty simple and painless task on the agent's end?