I am going to continue doing my research and hopefully can attend the AZREIA meeting in november/december when I am in town.

If I continue doing business with them I need to know how much they charge me for these things.Again, I am new to this and coming from the outside it seems like a very normal thing to to ask.

Continued success to you sir.

You dont have anything to lose and will ABSOLUTELY WALK AWAY,  if you continue looking and get a deal for even $5000 cheaper- YOU WILL. 

Much easier to put it all on paper and then play around with the numbers to see where your cash would serve you best. 

Buying notes at a discount, or buying REOs at a discount and financing a sale at a higher price are where note investors play.

The reason I mention this is that books like RDPD are the introductory step in a continuous upsell leading to the $40,000 worthless mentoring programs I just mentioned.In any case good luck whatever you decide.

Now, she wants to continue the $100 discount since I sent her an email saying that the discount would continue until the grass is in.  

Of course I'll continue reading books, forums, and BP posts, as well as listening to podcasts.I do have another question, would you recommend showing him an actual deal that I'm interested in (as a young investor looking for his advice) or first just seeing if he is interested in the idea of partnering?

You might be lucky to break even after all expenses unless you're only looking for an appreciation play.