I've been through several articles about SEO and marketing, but I think I may need to talk to a professional to help me further.

G2 Crowd also allows ratings and does all of the SEO for you (search engine optimization) but the drawback is that reviewers have to be users on linked in.  

share you experiences, it will create organic SEO for you site and establish you locally as a subject matter expert.

This is especially effective on vacant properties or overpriced properties that sit on the MLS for a while.Finally would be direct to seller with mail, motivated seller website using SEO and paid ads.The main thing is to be making offers and a lot of them.

That seems unlikely that they would go to that much work and even if they Zillow/trulia’s SEO makes my ad listing jump to the top over Joe Blows facebook rant.

You also have no idea of motivation usually.2) SEO: You know you are getting a motivated seller because they sought you out.

I do have another source of income and I can afford to pay a company to do SEO for me so that I don't have to go out and learn it on my own.

Maybe because I have really good SEO on my commercial sales side, I choose to outsource the direct mail to wholesaler?

Real estate-related search terms are extremely competitive on the search engines, and search engine optimization (SEO) can take years to perfect. 

I would also suggest if you have a website, put some money into SEO to drive pre-qualified people to your site.