Potential private money lender ?

[Dave Caccia]

So after a meeting with a long time client of mine to finalize details on a project.

We sat around just chewing the fat for a while and my friend had asked what I had been up to in my RE business, he had known I was in the game so to speak and I guess he was looking for a status report,

So I began to explain what I had been doing and mentioned a few deals I was looking at. He looked at me and said sounds great how much do you need.

I darn near fell off my chair and didn't know quite how to respond.

So I guess my question is how do I proceed in a safe manner while preserving our friendship.