Do any brokerages provide or assist with leads?

To generate leads it typically takes real money.

I think beyond what your goals are, it also needs to include your strengths, lifestyle you want to lead, etc.If if goal is to grow $500k to 1.5mm to $15mm as quickly as possible, it will be starting with fix and flips and scaling up, typically into commercial developments.  

It can also lead to poor decisions.

Personally I don't have a good experience with the so called leading HW companies in the US as well for my primary residence. 

The following are a few that comes to mind:(1) Holding cost/s to fix these properties far outweigh the profit the company was going to make after rehab.(2) The turnaround time to fix these properties is untenable due to the shortage of labor costs.(3) The inflated acquisition price, coupled with an extensive long lead time of raw material have exasperated the new supply of new housing inventory.(4) Institutional investors are selling/bailing because of the sentiment of https://tinyurl.com/Shoeshineboyindicator.(5) And last but not least, the AI algorithm has taken into account the above parameters and predicted a bearish outlook for the subject housing market segment.With all of the above in play, what?

Through this, you can also learn the ins and outs of multifamily investing, and ask the lead sponsor questions throughout the deal.

Should I be sending out a bunch of texts, voicemails and postcards to potential leads yet, or should I do more driving for dollars in my area first?

Landlords mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator.So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.This also leads them to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.

There is tons of free information but I don't want to lead you in the wrong direction.Cheers.