I have made great partnerships and friendships here.

These types of partnerships, particularly when one or both parties are inexperienced, can often go wrong and ruin friendships so be careful there too.

I have always met other investors (like-minded individuals) who I have developed long term friendships with and have done deals with them.  

My relationship with the father is a casual friendship.

A lot of friend ships have been ruined by not communicating clearly and not putting things in writing.Good luck!

I hear a lot that one of the first things people recommend is to connect with local investors and try to get their friendship sometimes even mentorship before they jump in, so, anyone in Tucson want to have coffee soon?

Break down your scope of work/ project in to tons of sub projects and take a nibble of that contractor apple before eating the whole (often rotten) thing.We paid our guy $100 for that informal inspection and it was a wonderful arrangement and it's a good friendship, as well.

Add value to someone else for free education and building a friendship/relationship. 9.

Or, are you willing to sacrifice the friendship when you take your 'friend' to court?

This personal investment could come through a friendship ("I like you and want you to succeed"), through a common business enterprise ("We work for the same company and I want this company to succeed") or even something less tangible ("You remind me of my son and it makes me feel good to help you").- A coach charges money -- this isn't to say that the coach doesn't have some vested interest in seeing you succeed (regardless of the continued payments), but it likely means that the coach makes some/all of his living doing this and can't afford to just give away his time.- There is absolutely nothing wrong with either model, assuming you get at least as much as you pay for (if you pay more than the value you get, then there's an issue).