Hi,
Hope you're doing well. Well, I don't know who you have been talking to for SEO. SEO is not based on any Formula and if someone pops up telling you exact TIME FRAME for SEO then, be sure of one thing. They are doing it wrong.
If you give me 2 weeks, I can bring it under 100 k with quality content and back links. And it's when I being utterly Optimistic, because Google has a funny way of trumping your LOGICS and making a mess of any strategy any time. If you abide by the rules and stick to basics, you have a fair chance of getting the rankings. Everything depends on quality CONTENT. People often mix up UNIQUE with QUALITY. Not everything which is Unique can be of sublime QUALITY to actually make Google happy. So just don't get carried away by TECHNICAL JARGONS people use.
If I make any sense to you, talk to me directly and I'd want to see your Market niche and would give you a fair idea of how it can be done.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Thanks,
Umair