I'll be up front and tell you I'm a novice looking into the buy and hold game with multifamilly properties (2-4). I'm looking for my first deal and am looking for an agent to help get the ball rolling. I've been analy...

Anything is fine if you want to reduce costs temporarily but Wix websites look like crap and may not be properly responsive (mobile-friendly), if at all. 

http://cityplanning.lacity.org/They are quite friendly and helpful.

@Rhea JacksonHey Rhea, Nashville is awesome, very friendly people and on the upswing.I invest in multi family, which asset class do you invest in?

As we expand, I'm aware that vacancy is not my friend.

That might be a friend at a real estate agency, someone looking to buy & hold in that area for appreciation, etc.

I'm not only looking in the Chicago area, but I'm also looking into other areas that are more landlord and investor friendly. 

Some background: my friend is a tenant who has been living rent-free in a unit for over ten years but is a professional painter and has been painting numerous properties/units for the landlord in lieu of rental payments.

I recently teamed up with my friend Blake, who is a CPA working in the Memphis area, and we are ready to start investing!

Combine this with the smaller overall market and your pool of motivated sellers is smaller.Canadians seem conditioned to use real estate agents.