If you have exhausted the friends and family list, next step would be to find brokers active in the market and property type. 

Me, personally, I'd rather pay for only what I actually get, and I'd like to see who I hire get paid for what they do - no extra money, and no losses.Does line 5 (exhaust hood) include the hood itself? 

It was actually fun (And exhausting)!   

Additionally, I feel calling my contacts up on the weekly to discuss listings without being able to physically see the properties may exhaust the relationship.Have any of you faced this challenge, and if so, what techniques did you use to help overcome this?

It took me about 6 months to recover from the mental and physical exhaustion.

@Noah Farley I'm not aware of any, but I keep the investor mindset and in most instances and try to exhaust all of the free options for everything first, it might lead you to a better outcome.

We were looking at it more for the flexibility of looking at a lot of properties frequently, MLS access and being able to continuously put in offers without exhausting an agent who has other clients to focus on as well.  

Definitely exhaust all the areas near you first though even though I know your area is super expensive maybe you'll get lucky and find a good deal. 

Sorry this is months late however I'm jumping back on track now after months of learning ,working to pay my bills & exhausted burnt out Life Challenges! 

I get it, the forum is here for the discussion but I want to encourage you to make every effort possible to find the answers on your own, exhaust all efforts to get the information you are looking for before asking people to answer the question for you, more often than not you will find the information on your own or you will refine your question to the point that it becomes interesting enough for people of solid intellect to respond to.