[Henry17]

The reason I'm asking is because these things usually end friendships. One or both parties are delusional about the possibilities and then when reality doesn't match the dream the friendship gets torpedoed.

$1250 is not real money. This is esp true when you start valuing your time (even hypothetically) at $75hr. So this is the first sign that something isn't adding up. My opinion is that you are probably going to end up with less money then you started with and a lot of drama / harm to the friendship.