My friend at Oz Architecture does model and modular homes all the time in Colorado.

The main piece of advice I got from the book was to let everyone in your sphere of influence know you are getting your license. 

Anything you can bring your neighbors together for, several times a year, is a great way to increase your sphere of influence and show the world that there are things more important than profit.Source - 5 years as an assistant to highly successful Realtors

Check with your sphere of influence first.  

Any advice would be really appreciated to calm my nevers about starting at square one in an area that I have no sphere. 

Also, we all know referrals from sphere of influence is great so I'm hoping we can help each other get some advice to further ourselves.My last listing came because we have a huge referral company attached to our own.

. :-) BTW, I wasn't trying to steer the dialog off- topic, nor sound overly cynical... we all know different information, and work in a variety of different spheres, in varied capacities.

These are some of the methods that I've been considering:-Cold-calling FSBOs and expired listings -Door hangers -Social media marketing-Mailers-Cold calling in general-Establishing a relationship with a builder-Door knocking-Contacting your sphere of influence-Attending networking eventsI know that all of these methods can work wonderfully for different people in different places, and that many agents use a combination of multiple techniques.

A better approach for now might be to work your sphere of influence and provide a deed of trust (note/mortgage) for security to your investors. 

I'm a new agent and have had my license for under a year, initially was with a very small agency and didn't get a lot of training for about 5 months nothing really happened and I didn't know how to even prospect or get started networking aside from my own personal sphere.