I have a woman with whom I work that I'm spoon feeding financial books to! 

I don't want to ask that question, because I don't think it has an answer, and I think even spoon feeding someone an answer, they still are unlikely to have success, as they haven't done the requisite homework to evaluate and make best use of even a great answer.I'm a travel nurse, so I am quite rarely ever home.

We have a ton of small appliances, knives, spoons, etc.

Appraisals with Realtors involved (purchase transactions) come in consistently higher, in part, because at this stage in the game, wise Realtors know that if they spoon-feed the appraiser the data they need to do their jobs for them, that helps the appraiser get the job done faster, which amounts to the same thing as a bribe (in terms of $ per hour of work, this is "here I'll save you a few hours"), without being a direct monetary bribe or running afoul of the law.

I try to be self sufficient and largely spoon feed them the properties I am interested in.  

Also consider that the high performers are not spoon feeding their clients.

I agree with you.Most things Real Estate can be found for free here on BP and honestly via Google.Some people will gladly pay to be spoon fed.

This is another person selling information and training that can easily be acquired for free.I would not recommend paying for information.This type of paid training (in my opinion) is for lazy people who want to be spoon fed and not just research it themselves.Heck you can learn A LOT about this subject for free right here on BP or buy a couple of $10 books on amazon.

He sounds like a typical handyman, which means he has some pretty decent skills but he sucks at running a business and is probably happy as long as he makes enough for coffee and eggs with the buys at the local greasy spoon.

QUIT BEING LAZY and thinking that FB will spoon feed you real estate knowledge.