Sometimes BIGGER POCKETS does offer special promotions for getting members to upgrade to their PRO package.

That being said, I am confident I can get a promotion and a raise to stay with my company...  

(I spoke to Cozy support about this and they said the tenant has to check the "Promotions" tab in their Gmail.

The 40k job adjusted for promotions and increases even with inflation will not allow you to save much at all.You could also go into business for yourself and get an SBA loan putting 10% down.

I doubt any promoters will be enthusiastic about risking tens of thousands of dollars to spin up raises with this black cloud hanging over the industry.  

Is there anything in particular I should be doing to build and promote my business.

Comcast has great promotional packages but they come with a contract, 1 yr or  2 yr.

If you're looking to connect with other probate niche investors in your geographic market, suggest you upgrade to Pro, use keywords and post in the geographic markets section.Also, sponsor or fi-sponsor a meetup or similar event which you'll be able to promote here on BP as a Pro account member and have more latitude to reach other members in the greater Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa as well as other AZ markets that you can pull from.Hope you get some traction.

We picked LinkedIn to run the promotion on because we thought professionals with full time corporate jobs might invest on the side and find us there for answers to their investing and PM questions, but now we're not so sure.

Use cards with balance transfer promotions.