(Friends, family, people is your sphere of influence)Realistic LTV for most of the basic HML companies is going to be 65%-75%.

Market to your sphere of influence.Pick a geographic farm.

At this stage everyone in your sphere of influence should know that you are a licensed real estate agent .

A 10 oz soda spill made on a wood or tile floor is a simple wipe up but permanent damage to carpet and pad.  

Since I wasn't growing up here in the U.S. my sphere of influences is practically none, so my start is a little rough.

I've found the support to be great, but if you need hand-holding, or want to learn about how to "market to your sphere" as an agent, one of the other brokerages might be a better fit.PM or call if you want more info.

Whichever tactic you use, make sure to do it daily as it may take 100 emails to get 1 person who may just speak to you about listing.Also continue marketing to your SOI (sphere of influence) so that whenever they think of real estate they think of you and hopefully refer you to others.

I don't have a large sphere of influence yet so I am thinking private money may be out of the question for the near future.  

@Jeremy Tillotson  Is this in your sphere of influence?  

You should set up a systematic marketing system to your sphere of influence.