I will research, manage, and work on the properties myself (He is in another state entirely) so I was hoping to find out how some of you have set up this type of arrangement in the past.

House hacking is the way to go at your stage in investing.  

I joined BP about three weeks ago and bought a few books to help get me started on the investigation stage of the process.

Since I am in my growing stage of my hopefully long term real estate journey, I want to purchase as many buy and holds as quickly as I can (I am 30).

Please feel free to reach out to me on here, or at my email listed on my profile, and hopefully we can reach an arrangement that'll be exactly what we both are looking for! 

All of my properties are in Connecticut.So far:Triplex in New Britain- BRRRR complete and fully operational.2625 Rent Roll 100,000 acquisition  50,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- BRRRR complete2500 Rent Roll 60,000 acquisition  60,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuation.Duplex in New Britain- Auction.com buy at the refinance stage.2475 rent roll  75,000 acquisition  20,000 renovation,  looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in New Britain- bad foundation renovation done this month2400 rent estimation 85,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- acquired from wholesaler half rented and in renovation2300 rent estimation 77,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation,looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationBrand new acquisition:2300 rent estimation 70,000 acquisition  30,00 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationI will be documenting everything I can about the 6th deal as we go.

Different markets aside, if there are other hungry buyers out there and you have a diamond in the rough, then you gotta do what you gotta do.This is a very flexible arrangement in these situations.

I'm in the early stages of educating myself before making the leap.

But I am having trouble identifying agents who will provide a timely response and arrange showing.

Generally wholesalers in my area don't have deals they are far to skinny. and I don't need them for inventory... but for someone who can't pay cash at an auction and needs time to get a HML or other type of financing a wholesaler at least will give you a little time to get financing arranged..