SEO optimization with targeted keywords can significantly boost visibility across these platforms.Strong photos and virtual tours tend to convert leads more effectively - tools like Asteroom or Sphere.app let you create these yourself.

Relationships often lead to off-market deals and valuable partnerships.Consider targeting up-and-coming neighborhoods or distressed properties in areas seeing new development or infrastructure improvements.If you’re exploring commercial, maybe start with small multifamily units (like duplexes or fourplexes) before diving into larger complexes.I’d love to connect and possibly collaborate.

I will say this short term sacrifice can lead to major long term gains.  

Check the section 8 checklist and be sure you will pass (do you have a lead cert if you need one, do all your bedrooms count as bedrooms, anything weird about the house that won't pass inspection? 

Expect to spend a considerable amount of your time speaking to people.Expect to work dozens of hours/week with little to no immediate result.Expect most of your early interest from potential clients to come from your sphere of influence.Expect to go 3-6 months without getting paid (unless you do rentals which usually pay faster)Expect to be bombarded with distractions - mainly, people/companies marketing to you so that you choose their system for quick and easy buyer or seller leads.

This could let you start building relationships with others in your area (and potentially lead to joint ventures later) and to build up your working capital.

All of these factors can lead you well into double digit and even triple digit net-worth returns on investment (NROI). 

I do not call them mentors, but at the end of the day, the role they fill is to provide advice based on their expertise and their knowledge of where we are in our business. 

The concern is possible lead based paint.

I dont know what your contract was with your architect, but it sounds like, at least part of the problem, was they were expecting you to lead the entitlement process while you were expecting them to lead the entitlement process.