My mom and I bought the Diamond package (over $40,000) and were promised a personal coach who never contacted us.

My husband is from the diamond bar area.

On FCI's Diamond notes (the one's that they service), does one assume that a workout was unsuccessful and that FC is the only exit strategy?

Mike Hurney runs one you can also attend Black Diamond in Waltham and/or the NEREIA in Chelmsford. 

New England REIA in Chelmsford is mostly no selling, you'll meet 30-40 people with lots of newbies and some regular experienced people@Justin Silverio runs a meetup that is free, I don't know what his attendance is, but he'll jump in and tell usMy Black Diamond is also free and meets next Tuesday, link in my profile. 

Like in any area its best to look around and test the different brokers to find the diamond in the pile of lazies, who don't already have a stable of investors.Its rough.As far as G.C.'

Closest ones to you would be the Boston Area REIA (Just changed locations to Medford) and the Black Diamond REI meeting in Waltham run by @Ann Bellamy .

It isn't everyday that I can do this but I think I have another diamond on my hand in the West View area of Atlanta.

When you understand that they are simply doing the same thing that you're doing, which is squeezing grains of sand together hoping to create diamonds, then you'll understand how to deal with them.

You can do amazing things with a good tile saw and a set of diamond buffs for a drill.