SEO Expert Team Needed

Hi, I am interested in hiring an SEO team to improve the search ranking of several business websites in Google, Bing, and Yahoo for specific keywords. These are smaller businesses have physical locations and would be focusing on specific keywords for a particular city/state in the US (ie. painting company san diego). As of right now it will be all off-page seo. I would like to know what you are capable of in getting different keywords to rank. In your response, please include: 1. Do you do keyword research, and how do you do this? 2. How you will increase the search rankings for these keywords? (i.e. backlinking, social media, wiki links, edu links, blog commenting, etc.) 3. Is your method white-hat, and how did it handle the Penguin and Panda updates? 4. How do you best use SEO in a small local market for a business with a physical location? 5. Can you do Google Places SEO? 6. What is your general price for 1 hour of work, and how many hours a month do would you need to work to have visible search ranking changes? 7. Do you have any kind of a guaranty? (I understand that this is very tough to offer a guaranty...but anything you pride yourself on, such at change in rankings in two months, or top on the 2 pages in 4 months, etc). 8. Specific examples of before and after rankings you have done SEO for Please respond with "Rich Mahogany" so I know you have read and understood this brief. There may be a large opportunity for much more work. Budget: $750.00