I have a similar situation where my regular person left and I had a meeting with her replacement. 

@Chantell McCleve without being self promoting, me.

If you're not checking in on your contractor's work regularly, who is? 

I realize there are no/low money down options and I have to be the one to grab the bull by the horns (which I'm doing to some extent by regularly taking in as much real-estate related content as possible), but I'm more just curious if anyone else has ever been in a similar situation where you felt like the clock is ticking.

I sent a 60-day notice certified mail and regular mail.

Does the water need to be regularly treated?

I'm in Williamsburg, so its a bit of a hike for me so I don't attend regularly. 

For new agents, you will still need a regular buyer's agent or two who does on-market non-investor related stuff for the Open Houses and unrepresented buyers.

The right sponsor may not have a deal ready when you reach out, but if you maintain regular contact you'll be near or at the top of their list when they do get a deal and need to raise capital.

I should also mention I currently make about 30k/yr at my two W2 jobs and am actively working on increasing that (I'm up for a promotion at my full time job that I'm interviewing for sometime this week).