[deanhills]

Edit: So I have modified my mast image on the frontpage and even moved my fonts from Google Fonts to hosting the oft and ttf to the TBDC server. This will help load times keeping only the required font files on the server and minimizing fetching external resources.

Not sure how you can fix this, but following the edits the home page still takes a long time to download.

However, the page from "View Now" link loads lightening fast in comparison. The speed is there but there must be something that is running in the background of the home page that is causing the page to take a long time to download.

The rest looks great.  I like the conservative design of the page.  It has a feel of the Generator Press theme I've been using for my Word Press sites for a few years now.  It's not the same, but has a similar simplicity and minimalist and responsive design.  I started with the free Generate Press theme that was (and looks it is still available) at Wordpress.org - https://wordpress.org/themes/generatepress/.  I then purchased a whole range of plugins that were on offer for purchase three years ago for tweaking the design.  I notice that with the premium version a lot has changed, so I imagine it has got much more improved.

Since you are interested in developing a theme yourself, you may be interested to check out the author's Website and how he has set it up.