We work in the retail site selection space all over the country, more specifically we are usually looking for retail medicine clients, but also do so for national carpet brands, and I'm even working on a church site selection in san antonio TX at the moment. 

Still cheaper than to rent a hall which has restrictions for the special occasions----  I host birthday parties, bridal showers, bachelor parties, reunions, and even Church groups and Cheerleading groups.

and yeah, it'll make you sweat more than a whore in church, lol.

Are you involved in a church or a local organization like Rotary, Lions club, Shriners, etc? 

Alington, Alexandria, Springfield, Falls Church, Reston, Fairfax, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville, DC proper are a few places that room rental demands stays high.

Calvin Church there are several investors in Canada that invest in Notes here in the US.

They gathered resources and knowledge thru their churches, pastors and spiritual leaders in the community.

I've only worn what I had on that day, so sometimes I was working on the property when they came by and it was scrubby paint stained jeans and t-shirt, and other times, I was coming from work or church and I was wearing finer attire. 

There have been times in my career when I was looking at oil refineries and single-family residences in the same day; caves and farms; restaurants and churches; 4-plexes and golf courses; anything type of property.In agreement, the above comments are more than correct on time and investment to becoming one.

Perhaps, you could check around and partner with this type of organization and a church college group that is looking for service projects.