>> the apprentice was on and we had been seeing him being held up and touted as this amazing real estate person. i thought it's a free seminar. i'm going to go across town and see what he has to say. >> so the apprentice influenced you? >> absolutely. >> beth wood spent 20 years in i.t. as a system's analyst. in 2010 she was newly retired and studying real estate for a second career. >> that first time, what was the pitch? >> they showed a video of donald trump saying that he was going to reveal the secrets of real estate. how to make you successful in real estate like he was. and he would do this with his hand picked, hand verified,