If you prove you have the knowledge to help there, people will DM you without you having to ask.

Is this how most people do it? 

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

Here’s why some people struggle and how to fix it:1️⃣ YOU’RE SETTING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONSYou’re not going to close every deal.

When that area was built, people flocked to it for it's affordability, but over the course of several years, it became like a ghost town. 

There have been so many changes to make people with bad credit look good they should be fine without this change. 

Generally people in precarious financial situations are chronic not a one-off.

In my area people are generally only house hacking duplexes or houses with ADUs.

And I don't think it is as clear cut as people are saying.

I'm sure a lot of other people would in this group as well!