Best advice I can give is to network the best you can.
People come for the people not the gear.
It really depends on how good you are in sales. Work up some clientelle, which will intern work up more clientelle, work out some niches in the area and see if you can push that..
Personally I am crap at the used car sales pitch and hence I still have day job which I live off.
As I am paying off some of the last purchases and get more money doing IT I currently have only a couple of bands coming up.
I said this in our gerslutz get together this week, gear does not bringeth the bands. A hell of a lot think they can do it themselves now, a lot of estiblished bands are buying a HD rig and doing a lot a home now..
It all comes down to how good you are selling yourself..