Hi All,I'm green in the Real Estate business but would like to begin this adventure with wholesaling.

I'm not saying that either of the two agents you have at your disposal are necessarily up to the task, but it's certainly not out of the question that they are.Just as they could choose other careers and move on, they could also break into the market with their more reasonable fee structure and begin fighting the local PM giant for market share. 

I could possibly hire someone off CL to perform the same task but this seems risky to me.

For a wholesaler the first task is to find enough properties, if your main marketing is web based then you should concentrate on SEO, make sure you come up first in search engines for your market and make it really easy for sellers to get information in the middle of the night when they are awake thinking about their problem. 

Finding cash flowing property here is no longer an easy task.

The ability to automate more mundane tasks as well as make current tasks less burdensome.  

You just need to do your research and pull the trigger when the time comes.Good luck in your adventure!

Just a few examples are:CraigslistRedfinZillowTruliaDriving around lookingTalking to peopleYour own websiteCounty RecordsCompetition is heavy in this market and finding properties is not an easy task.

As I approach the finish line for my new venture in rehabbing (you can read about it here ) one of the needs I realized besides other, is that I must have a person readily available for deliveries, pickup material, somebody that can do my scouting of properties, do a daily check on the progress and quality, make payments to people that do not use internet banking etc...In other words, boots on the ground, since I live 4 hours away, and my partner is just too busy to do these things efficiently.For that reason I found a person that can do all these tasks, after his current daily job, and even self perform some things. 

these are both tasks that i could easily do but just don't have the time for.