I was also thinking of making some sort of lead gen site myself, I have marketing and web design exp.

We hired a GC out of the East Bay based on some reviews (found an ad in a local magazine initially).

OUr state has a landlord.tenant guide on its web site.

Brewerytown and Fishtown look over-valued for what I see on the web right now.I found some intriguing deals near University City, but the homes look very old and need a lot of work on both interior and exterior.

I just finished looking at http://www.bre.ca.gov/Examinees/RequirementsSales....It is saying I need 3 college courses which will take an entire semester at a snails pace and with restrictive schedule requirements but in the additional info section of the same web page I read this: "Courses must be three semester-units or four quarter-units at the college level.

In addition, here are some more resources about increasing energy efficiency in older homes.https://energy.gov/public-services/homes/home-weat... https://archive.epa.gov/region5/sustainable/web/ht... https://archive.epa.gov/region5/sustainable/web/pd...Otherwise, good luck this weekend.

If something that was done "manually" is packaged under some new technologies (web 2.0), would you consider that emerging/latest?

Since most folks search over the web these days,,,,long distance advertising is not an issue. 

He helped us migrate a handful of pages from hostgator to microsoft and helped out with a whole bunch of email issues and web site hacks ( before we found him!)

Is it worth it to hire a web designer when there are YouTube videos that, for the most part, teach it?