As well as provide me with some valuable connections and friendships!

They are there for your friendship. 

Which is nice and rewarding, but by that time you have gone through a few years of destroying friendships, ignoring family calls, etc, for the almighty billable hour. 

Money doesn't buy self esteem, pride, love or friendship, it may make it easier to enjoy those aspects but it really doesn't buy them. 

More and more, I am striving now to separate personal friendships from all of my financial decisions.

Gates, that he doesn't know all the details and that he is biased because of his friendship with Mr.

I have a close friend in my area that is a large volume player like myself, and we laugh because there are certain things we will not talk about with one another because we value our friendship and do not want to ever feel like we are stealing each others ideas and houses.

Wanting to build new relationships and friendships with local investors in my area

I have strong family values, which go hand in hand with my amazing wife and 9 kids(Yes, you heard it right lol)Looking forward to meeting many like minded people and fostering long term friendships and business relationships.

It's given me lifelong friendships, and I would say that it's the ideal, economical way to live; as long as one can give up a little privacy, haha.