Business partners can be a blessing or a curse. Sometimes they are both. I had two business partners for 9 years when I was in the real estate and mortgage industry. Together we were very successful and made a LOT of money working together. There were plenty of times where we felt like brothers and were grateful we had each other. There also were plenty of times that we could not stand one another. It was undeniable. We were a great team and very successful together despite our differences. We had 7 great companies with 40 employees. We had the best people in town working for us. Other companies were constantly trying to recruit our people away. Do you know why they stayed? We were…