Exact match domains getting extra SEO juice died out a while back.

PPC has various applications including social media.Direct mail has many faces and multiple targets.Besides what you have mentioned above, if we assume that networking is all forms of in person communicating, PPC (together with SEO) is all forms of internet marketing, and direct mail to be inclusive of the wide variety of lists and media available, then I can only think of a small number of communication methods you are missing:Email Telephone (Calling and texting)Visual (Bandit Signs, Billboards, TV)Audible (Radio, Podcast)What people usually mean when starting a conversation like this is "how can I spend less and make more" which is a valid question, but my guess is that if you applied yourself more fully to any of the channels you currently have going you could increase your deal flow. 

@Cynthia Harrison Carrot is a web hosting company, with real estate investor templates that have great SEO to help you rank up in the searches organically, or for you to invest marketing dollars in Pay Per Click advertising. 

Everything else will fall into place.See here is the equation I have developed:DEALS = Traffic + ConversionNow this equation applies to everything.Any kind of traffic, what ever the methods you use to convert traffic.So it is still very general.So lets  make it more specific.Deals = SEO + CredibilityMuch better: My weapon of choice for traffic = SEOMy weapon of choice for conversion = CredibilitySo My traffic is relatively free free, my credibility is free.Do you think if people go to such great lengths to find me online and they see we are THE solution for them... do you really think they will not fill in the form just because the CTA is blue?

Just purchase my domain name and I hear SEO is the way to go, but I don’t have a clue on where to start.

I can lose my ability to make a living. 

SEO, Facebook Ads, PPC.... 

DMM SEO, door knocking...Most of you newbies..

Their ability to pay and a criminal background check is more important but we still run a credit check. 

One way of the future I think is SEO.