It's best to pick your own people, screen them yourself, set expectations, and follow through on your promises.

Would love to meet up and introduce myself and pick your brain a little.

You will need to get a local, rockstar Realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team As for picking a specific market, I would choose one that has job and population growth with a high median income, and Columbus, Ohio is a great choice.

@Brittany C Spragins - another vote here for starting with a real estate agent (or interviewing several before picking one).

In IL it is legal, and a great way to pick up clients.

If I offer someone Fannie AND "alternative" with horrible rates/fees, the number of people who think I'm trying to scam them (and, thus, take their business elsewhere entirely) is actually higher than the extra business I pick up by offering that alternative.

I’m hoping to be able to pick up an additional 3-6 properties per year.If you were going to hire someone to find properties, what process would you follow (I found a young man who was previously a real estate agent and is very hungry)?  

That said, if I were picking up a property like this I would want to have a decent amount of cash on hand for whatever issues might come up.On rents, I'm getting 1400-1500 for a 3 bed 1 bath (same small bedrooms) in Little Village, but that is all the way on the other side of Little Village, near the California Pink Line and Pete's Fresh Market. 

Additionally, he left all his tools at the worksite and I message him to get in touch with me to arrange for pick up. 

Total access to funds: $160kPreferred type of investing: Flipping single families and/or buy and hold multi-families I would like to pick up more properties (especially apartments in the 4-12 unit range), but given the fact that most money is investor money, would need to know how to consistently get the money back out to them.