I'm not sure if that's true or not. Best thing is no call or email them. As for lock up period, just ask if you can start with a smaller amount and agree to keep a little of your retained earnings in. There is no lockup period for profits.
For 5K Echo monthly is too expensive, and supposedly they take 10K now i thnk, Whole Bros but u need at least 10 K and they seem not to answer there phones now for months. thanks but fond with that list.
They cite SwiftTrade and Title as some of the best firms, which makes me suspicious about its entire contents