I stole from famous poker player (can't remember which) . really weak poker player "fish" was losing lots of money. 

@Barry Sugarman- don't start playing poker, you will be folding left and right.

I am a poker dealer, but about to get out of that industry as I have just finished up with tech school for HVAC/R.  

REI is just like Poker. ..not because I think of it as gambling.  

He either has very poor social skills or he just doesn't give a dime about people once they paid.If you have paid the "Apprentice" program you will be eventually invited to spend some time with Phil some weekends, and play poker, smoke cigars and stuff like that, if you are into that, and some "private" events of the kind.

This is the primary idea of a partnership - - party A has a skill but is deficit in some skill that party B has in spades - - they complement one another.Adding contractor to contractor doubles the capability, shortening the completion time, but leaves marketing, contracts, finding deals neglected.Adding money to money may make for a fun poker night, but not provide assistance to REI development, rental operations, or know how for flips.summary: JV and Partnerships share profits to obtain skills you don't have.

If you can keep me away from the Borgota poker room, I'd love to make the trip to AC to connect.

It has more to do with lifestyle than anything else and it's about as predictable as a good poker hand.

@Aaron Mazzrillo Well you would think as a poker player I would be able to pull the trigger and gamble on the list I choose to mail to.

It's almost trivial but its just like keeping your cards above the table in poker.