YUp its a well known business model.advertise on SM  TV Radiocome to free one hour eventpay for 2k  3 day course  up sell hard.pay 30k for the full course. its how the industry works.. not all but all of the big players follow the exact same script. 

Yes, definitely listen to the podcast, they are great loads of info.Join your local REIA, find out who are the real players and see what you can do to bring them find deals.I have to second Ned on the Michael Quarles #56 its over the top.

A big player doing this is McDonald.

In the game Monopoly, more serious players mortgage any properties they don't plan to build houses on.

", and finally (d) the envelope was addressed by hand to improve the odds of it being opened.We liked this example because it combined aspects of the "small player/personal touch" with "this is a business/I can do what I say here".

Unless they have greased the players with 40k in training fees they haven't given it a chance yet.

Zillow, Trulia, and other are trying to provide knowledge to both buyers and sellers and to provide a marketplace for doing transactions directly.Realize too that like many other industries there are entrenched players that don't want this to happen.

This information is good when you want to know who the big players are.

This is a project that will take millions of $$ to complete, & hopefully all of the prime players will make a million or two...........

The market doesn't have time for pretenders because to many real players are in the marketplace.Show me you have the cash directly and show me you are willing to put it on the line to get the deal.