Yes! I actually had them out to my place in Decatur recently. They were super professional and didn't try to upsell me on a bunch of piping I didn't need. Highly recommend giving them a call.

Oh man, I read a blog post about this exact thing. The writer said their contract now lists a set number of revision rounds, like three, for the quoted price. Anything after that gets billed at an hourly rate. It really makes clients think before asking for tiny tweaks.

Sounds like a solid plan to me. You build real relationships with local sites instead of just sending cold emails. Makes the whole job feel less like a shot in the dark.

Disagree, you miss out on bigger trends that way. It's better to know a little about a lot of places.

Zoom-brainstorms" sound about as creative as my grocery lists, and I'm with @evan_grant70 on the whole muting thing (my cat's meows are not good feedback).