NO, your realtor is not part of your team, all they care about is making the sale.

I'm open to any advice and would love to connect with people here to build a solid team and eventually scale. 

I specialize is finding unique solutions to novel problems and have a robust team/network of quality contractors.

We were very lucky to exit when we did and had a great real estate sales team to help.

Our calling team tracks contact rate across various lists skip traced with different vendors.  

Quote from @Gabriel A Camacho: Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of your screen, and you can search for other MEMBERS or LOCAL MEETUPS.

SO many great books being put out by the BiggerPockets Publishing team.

Networking - They say that you need a superstar team to work with and grow your portfolio and help others to build theirs. 

.--- Tactic 3: Empowering Agents: Corcoran built a strong team, providing them with the tools and support needed to excel, which in turn grew her business.These investors show that success in real estate often comes from a mix of strategic purchasing, market specialization, strong branding, and building robust teams. 

(Including building a team because I know all of it at some point is going to be too much for just me to handle).