IOW, they will make an offer that is WAY below market price and you'll end up leaving a lot of money on the table.You might consider running ads on social media or using an MLS-only service that provides you listing on MLS, but no other services. 

First, your consulting business generates two kinds of taxes: income tax and self-employment tax, aka Social Security / Medicare tax.

If I do, does this require taking social security as retirement?

Maybe asking people what they are looking for could help and then attending meetups and interacting in social media groups.

I am seeking recommendations for inbound marketing ( on social media ) service providers.

Today there is a lot of writing about lead generation, CRM, social media, email and video marketing.

Here's some ideas, word-of-mouth (powerful, costs nothing), social media (mostly free, spend a few dollars on a logo/branding), door-knocking (free, careful where you do this), cold-calling (little-no cost, we scrub against the DNC, respect the law), hand-written notes (cost of paper and ink, place them on doors), direct mail marketing can be very expensive, but we very strategically send letters to certain property owners, which costs us postage and printing supplies.

I want to be near social life as I am coming from out of state and want to make friends ASAP.I'm thinking a budget of $400k with $200 max for HOA doing a house hack in a 3 bedroom or more.

Hes posting on social looking for mowing etc. so thats fine hell get busy and forget about it. thanks all for your help.

I have found some through listings and on social media.