Anyone with experience in franchising from either side?

I have a meeting in the morning with a company that will do all of the work to make you a franchisor, for a decent sized fee, obviously.

Honestly, it seems like a lot of work with the filings with the FTC and such. Reality is I’m never going to do it on my own.

I’m interested in any information from either side. If anyone has franchised, what route did you take to become a legal franchise? If anyone is a franchisee, what resources did you use to find a company you wanted to be a part of and what was the attraction?