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HVA training leads to the altar While attending training at HomeVestors, most new franchisees find tips on how to market and operate their business. Rob Sturrock and Christi Morsehauser found much more, however. Two and a half years after first meeting in Dallas, Sturrock and Morsehauser were married. The couple first spoke on the phone in early 2005, when Rob was researching a HomeVestors franchise opportunity in Milwaukee. While conducting his research, Sturrock called Midwest American Properties, an HVA franchise in Milwaukee. At the time, Christi was an office coordinator at Midwest American Properties. "I called Midwest to find out what kind of people to hire, and generally how the market was doing in Milwaukee," recalls Sturrock. "That was the first time I spoke with Christi." Four trainees from Wisconsin attended the April training session that year, and during the 10-day period, the group found itself hanging out or sitting around talking at the bar. Once training ended, however, everyone returned home and it was business as usual. "We got back and were both working sixty- to seventy-hour work weeks, so dating took a back seat," says Sturrock. "I think we both knew we wanted to be more than just friends, but the timing wasn't right." Finally, about six months after the initial meeting, Rob and Christi began dating. "We knew dating could be tricky because we're in the same business, but we quickly discovered there's no competition between offices; we are all on the same team," says Sturrock. Christi worked at Midwest for another year before branching out on her own as a real estate agent, listing and selling properties for Sturrock's HomeVestors franchise, Riverhouse Investments. On August 25, 2007, with most of the Milwaukee-area HomeVestors team present, Rob and Christi were married. "When I signed on with HomeVestors I was prepared to start a new business," says Sturrock. "I never thought that this job would lead to finding my wife."
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