I would highly suggest you go to some of those.. so you can get to know who the players are and what the ground rules are.

We didn't even get the free MP3 player and CD that we were supposed to receive.

Kind of akin to the dot com mania, every stock market player who bought anything tech related thought they were a genius (myself included) since they all went up in price....until the burst.  

There's a lot of hype in the marketing material saying that it's easy and fast, and there are people to answer questions at the drop of a hatI have received many unhappy people as students that want the coaching but don't get it.Coaching services take a talented teacher that  can push the student into resolve roads if we quicklyMany people have very busy lives whether it's another job or children or they just have habits that just don't condone them to working a second "job" by starting a real estate investing businessMany times I will make sure before someone becomes my 1 on 1 student that they talk to their spouse about giving him-her some free time and family time to start a second business on the side I specialize in expired listings in helping Sellers sell on terms whether it's lease-option assignments, also known as Wholesaling lease-options, subject to, installments sales,wrap around mortgages, joint ventures and private lender marketingGetting licensed I think it's really important to be a cash your terms real estate investor, which is not talked about a lot in marketingAbout 12 months ago I had somebody call me though it's been over $20,000 in one-on-one coaching with a very well-known Real Estate Investing Company, and this person was an experience flipper with over four years experience; she found out within three months of signing up for her coach was a 22-year-old kid in a cubicle in Salt Lake City call centerShe was really pissed. 20 grand.I told her I'm sorry but I can't really help her get her money back.I will say this positive comment about Joe McCall, if you read all his posts on BP, and listen to all his podcast away for free you should get a very good understanding of many aspects of real estate investing.Bottom line one-on-one coaching cost real money, and just because you know how to do it doesn't mean you're a good teacher@Dev HornIs one of those patient teachers, but the coaches only as good as the player on the field. 

You'll quickly learn how the chaos all works and who are the "seasoned" players in your market.

For someone who is new, I would get a license and list property for 12 months, know values, know players. 

I found having a website and advertising for borrowers was very tedious and you wasted a ton of time on folks that you needed to educate and or were just shopping you.. by going direct to the known closing attorneys and getting personal intro's to the bigger players we were able to establish some really great relationships with borrowers who appreciated what we could do for them . 

The list goes on and on.The challenge for the incumbent player is that these technologies do often start out small. 

Hi everyone my name is Quinterrius Eatmon I am an ex-NFL player, currently apart of the CFL.

You seem to be on the right path and you very well have located a great source to find those team players and then some.