I have some guys I do work for , they do 8 to 10 houses a year , they get them at the courthouse or knocking on doors , and word of mouth .

Couldn't be happier with it.

I'm sure he'd be happier if I could consolidate this quite a bit, and it might save me some money if I can save him some time. 

AND that should continue to grow as your equity grows. if you have $10M equity position, I suggest a MINIMUM of $.5M in cash but preferably $1M.You will sleep better, live a longer and happier life.Just my 0.02.

It’s not the best financial decision but it will make you happier.

Asking open ended questions (Who, what, when, where and why) and keeping your mouth shut and your ears open will always be more effective then doing all the talking.Jeff

The "old dogs" there keep their mouths shut unless it is to ask for money.My advice is to run from that program, and invest that money is online education, on well known resources such as the Kent Clothier reww system, this Biggerpockets forum, the cheap and inexpensive marketing programs from John Cochran, Chris Prefontaine or many others that will help you to get started without having to spend tens of thousands of dollars on mentoring of people as little genuine as the Groves.In summary, Phil Grove's program will not work for 95% of the people that enroll on it, and out of the other 5%, it will mostly help those that end up in Phil's team.

. :-)Nah, I just have a bigger mouth than you do. 

Also he wouldn't have told the winning offer about you until he had your earnest money, assignment fee or whatever we are calling money where mouth is these days.

This company is so easy to work with, I could not be happier.