@Jay HinrichsWanted to share what I received from the Senior Policy Analyst for Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services."

Anyway, I just share that story to say that platforms help with SEO, but one is not really better than the other.

It sounds like this might be your first bad experience and you're letting it consume you.

@Spencer Faulkner There are a number of ways to market your business on and offline, if you are low on budget it will be better to network in person or give up some of your time to blog, but these really are time consuming options.If you have a marketing budget (doesn't have to be massive) you can make more progress quicker but still have your time to manage the business.Look into ad platforms like, facebook/instagram, reddit and you tube for best value/effectiveness.Facebook - you can create a range of different creatives that appeal to your demographic - FB has very targeted placement options eliminating wasted ad budgets.Instagram - same targeting as FB but you also have the option to buy influences in your niche.Reddit - needs a lot of testing to get established but easy to find groups of people that match your target audience   You tube - create a short video and put it in front of the YT videos that your audience is watching 

I am trying to cross market across multiple media platforms.

I spend a lot of time searching for the great content on this platform and it would be nice if I could find what I'm looking for...faster.

There is so much chatter about how the market is improving (case-shilling up, consumer confidence up, etc...).

Per this article, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says homes with Chinese Drywall should be gutted.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100402/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall

Regardless of the CPI results, I would argue we are actually in a deflationary type of period right now with decreases in home prices as well as other consumer goods (so companies can get you to buy things).

Consumer choice and the free market should dictate what an agent is worth, and let the agents prove their worth by performance, not an entitlement mentality.