OK, so I am a cynic, but when I said that I felt that sharing the profits from their assistance and my application made more sense, well "we don't do JV's" came back rather quickly.
So good folk, don't let the "helping hands" that are outstretched for chunks of your hard earned make themselves richer and you poorer. There are good self-application methodologies out there, and this blog holds those I can recommend as being well prepared, relatively easy to follow, and well supported - for a hell of a lot less than $2000+!!!!