Agents want to sell you the house and then walk away.

You can do your own research or find a good local agent.

If you chose to go this route, the home must have meaningful appreciation otherwise you will be running in place and the only people to make out are the transaction fee earners (Sales Agents, PM's, Lenders) and perhaps FHA buyers who get a home with a 3.5% down payment with the benefit of a seller assist and a 15 page corrective report completely satisfied.

Purchase price was $130,000 supposed to be "turnkey" (bought with an agent not a company).

Bigger pockets have a list of investor agents.

However, in the event of an emergency, the Landlord and/or his agent has unrestricted access to the property.

If you want to learn more about real estate and make some additional income, becoming an agent can be a great way to do that.  

If you want to be completely anonymous, you can use a Registered Agent.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

If he has a heavy interest at 15/16 I would be curious if there is entry level or internships for him to get into, whether that's with a wholesaler, agent, property manager, etc.