Also, if any one has experience w/ using items from different provider (google, nest, ring, Honeywell, etc.) 

I went down yesterday to ring their bell (it's second floor of a multi-family) and no answer.Should I be concerned?

Toilet internals, wax rings.

I partnered with a real estate agent, where the broker required his agents to do this, ring doorbells, he did it for 2 years, for 10 hours/week, and have not produced one deal out of it.

You need to take consistent focused action every day, answer the phone when it rings and follow up and follow through.

I do not feel I am effective enough because my phone is not ringing. 

It's basically selling through writing, and it's an ongoing study in human psychology.As you mentioned, lead generation is just one part - it's still up to us to sell when that phone rings or that email dings :)

I want to be happy for you but I have to be honest, nearly every sentence in your post caused concern, and my alarm bells are ringing at a deafening level on this one.

All the free websites here work well but there is nothing that makes the phone ring like a sign in the yard.

In wake county, they have a 3 ring binder filled with all REPORT OF FORECLOSURE SALE/RESALE forms from the trustees and NOTICE OF UPSET BID forms from "the competition".