Had difficulty understanding the process of choosing a teacher. In the end I asked my future tutor how to proceed through the steps. I would have preferred to have been able to speak with the prospective tutor, to have heard her voice (as this is her vehicle for teaching) and to discuss if she felt that what I wanted to do was achievable. I was taken aback to find that I had to pay up front before I contact her and speak to her. I also work freelance and depend on agents like yourself. In my case the agent gives me the contact details of prospective clients and (keeping in constant touch with me) they trust me to tell them the outcome of the client's decision and charge me the 'finders fee' as soon as the first session has taken place. In this way the client is not in any way put off, he/she is contacted quickly and directly with their chosen tutor and doesn't get annoyed with the workings of a third party. If it hadn't been for my tutor's quick and friendly response I would have given up and gone elsewhere. (However in that instance you would still have got your fee!!) As it is my tutor is excellent and I am very happy to be working with her.