Find an agent or find a deal? (Wausau Wisconsin)

[Michael Olson]

I had looked at a house with whatever agent was supplied for the house. It was a foreclosure and it was lipsticked so I thought it was good. Agent made me believe like it was all good as well, and definitely overlooked a lot of details (or left them out). I saw the house a few Day after that with the same agent but I brought my dad (architect) and he pointed out many many flaws and he pointed out the foundation was cracked and basically said it would cost at least 10-50k to fix and said don't buy it. When my dad started pointing out flaws, real estate agent all of a sudden said "oh I just learned this last night" and "remembered" things my dad pointed out (or she thought he might figure out I'm assuming) like oh it had a fire before and black mold etc. My point is I am looking to buy a house for cheapish (100k<) but does it matter if I just go with a random agent, or should I find a good one, or just find a deal and who cares about the agent. I'm not even sure where to begin to find an agent.  I'm also wanting to find a house and buy it for at least 80% or lower than it's real value and have it be a good rental for future. But  I guess I wanna know if you guys think it matters or not if I get a good agent or just a random?