How can an agent help me if I am wholesaling (assignments)?

[Andrew Quinn]

I am doing direct mail to find off market leads. I intend to wholesale deals using assignments for a while to build up capital for flips and rentals. I just finished listening to podcast #200 which talks about the 20 things that must be done to get your first investment deal. One of these things is to get your team in order. An agent was listed as an essential team member to have before looking for deals. How can an agent help me if all my deals will be off market and I will not be the one ultimately closing on the property? Is there anything I am missing? Any hidden benefit to having an agent in this sort of transaction that I am missing? Finally, if there is a benefit to me finding an investor friendly agent for my business while I am doing these deals, In what way can I provide assistance back to them in return since they will not recieve a commission off any of these deals? Any feedback is appriciated. Thank you.