So basically "find work locally"? That seems to ignore that (AFAIK) most people use Freelancer et al because it's remote work, because they live in a less developed country or rural area with poor-paying/nonexistent local work.
Nothing in this intrinsically requires you to be local to the client. I mentioned that because some people seem to be more comfortable with it.
I mean, you don't live in Tulsa, right? The Internet connects you to Tulsa. Can you find a financial advisor in Tulsa with 5+ employees using only the Internet? Can you find 10+ firms which are similarly situated in a day? Great. That should get you 2 ~ 5 meaningful conversations.
