How to approach RE Agents to search for potential house flips

[Sergio Rodriguez]

Hi All, 

So as part of my strategy starting out I am looking for a few fix-and-flips to build up cash to purchase future multifamily homes for passive income. I like most of you have a full time job and unfortunately cannot spend my day looking for homes online with great potential to flip. I live in the DFW area and there are 100s of investors in the area so competition is heated. 

I'd like to ask a few RE agents I have in my contact book to help me look for great deals with a few requirements (criteria) that I have for the search. My approach: I want to inform a few agents about my search and if they find a great deal for me and I agree to move forward, I will use that particular agent that found the deal to buy and re-sale the property.

Is this a common approach to finding homes? 

Thanks,

Sergio Rodriguez