It is not a bad idea to participate in SFI PPA program and building your own team simultaneously. In starting of any business,no one has enough money to spend or invest in any program, you can do it by earning some money through SFI PPA program and than you can invest the same money on building your team by becoming an EA every month. You can earn from SFI and than you can invest that money on SFI itself to build your team.