Aniston

I've been in the Real Estate business for over 8 years and never optimized my site...I didn't know...stupid, stupid, stupid! Anyway, now I am, and I hired a company to do it for me. It's been over 1 month, and we are not even listed in the first 10 pages of the search engines. Is this typical? I am paying a monthly fee for 45 terms. My business is tanking hard and ppc has become a killer for us, plus with all the competition, we are paying an arm and a leg for hardly any leads. So if the seo doesn't happen, I would have to file bankruptcy...I am that desperate! I don't know what to do. I thought you all could give me some advice, or a hard kick in the rear.

Thanks for your help.