Also patience...LOTS OF PATIENCE lol You want to try to set yourself apart by using unorthodox strategies to promote your deals.

Rentals in a mostly non-rental area usually don't promote higher property values, but you might be able to show faster selling times if more buyers would consider the property.  

Also, back to the course, if I were you, I would ask the Academy to send you some referrals/past students to speak to.

@Dakota Mivshek  go interview with agencies and let them know you want to start on a top producer team.. you will also see advertisements from top producers looking for listing agents and showing agents.. its a great incubator.its how many agents make the million a year they are a company within a company... plus the team volume goes to the top producer so when you see a top producer say he or she has done 100 million for the year.. that's the effort of the entire team.. they might have brought in 3 mil gross but distributed that to 5 to 7 agents working under them at usually a 50/50 split or so.. so the top producer makes their million a year.. and the other agents who are apprenticing get 40 to 100k a year pretty cool deal and now you have a top producer as your mentor... and he/she is totally interested in how well you do... it goes to their bottom line.. its the new way.. and one that Keller kind of pioneered but all good size brokerages will have teams in them.My wife who is solo did 14 million last year... on her own. its a great business once you put the time in she gets all business by referral.. did not spend one dime on marketing.. ask me how many wholesalers can make 400k plus a year and spend not one dime on marketing...

Or are they more of a marketing/referral arm & do they outsource the TK to a separate company?

Thanks for the referral on Machias.  

If anyone in Milwaukee wants a referral to the installer I can give you the contact info. 

Ask your realtor for a referral. 

Thanks everyone for the advice.Any referral for local contractors, lenders , investors that are pretty good with brrr strategy ?

And I've had good experiences using referrals from the plumbing and tile suppliers.