Sure it is about money, but friendships develop.

Some havnt gone through in their entire investmnet career thinking I did the wrong thing.But the amount of experience and knowledge I gained in my first year of real estate I will forever be grateful, because that sent me on the path to achieve my goal to retire from my job at the engineering firm before I hit the age of 30 and I am grateful for all the sacrifices that I have made and all the friendships I have gained in the multiple events that I went to.In the next chapter for me that led me to quit my job is that I matched my W-2 income with my passive income, and I was able to purchase a small business that I am currently operating which is a signage and banners business.

My advice to you is to somehow build friendships with people not involved in real estate and then ask them if they have any connections that could help you, most people know someone who is handy and willing to work.Otherwise, I'd suggest going long distance for the time being until you can build your team in Plattsburgh.

And there isn't any equity building, other than the friendship.  

This is probably a bad idea, for your friendship.  

The point is that I ended up distancing myself from the majority of my old friendships.

The relationship part, however, is of course tricky and much less transactional, which is why it’s both fun and risky to mix business with friendship/family, even if you think you aren’t taking any risk.Good luck! 

I look forward to making great connections and hopefully true friendships on this journey.Here's to your success!

That's what I did when I moved to Cincinnati and it helped me gain really good friendships while learning along the way.

I joined biggerpockets wanting to learn about investing and build relationships, friendships and join fantastic like minded individuals such as yourselves.Cheers!