Advice Needed...

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About a year ago, a guy bought the house next door to me. The house was in horrible shape, but he's fixing it up so that he can sell it and make a big profit. Joe has made incredible progress, and I've talked to him quite a bit, however mainly about the house- rarely anything personal. He figures in about 3 weeks, he'll have the house done and up for sale- he's not living there, just working on it. A couple of months ago, a guy that was there painting came over to ask me to move my car so that he didn't get paint on it when painting the side of the house. Well, that guy I'd met before because he painted some where I work a few years ago. "Willie" made a few comments to let me know that he (willie) was interested, and I told him I was seeing someone. That didn't phase Wilie, and he asked me out... and I shot him down stating I wasn't available. However during the conversation, Willie told me that Joe said I was a total sweetheart... On Monday, Joe saw me when I was getting out of my car after work. He told me he wanted to show me some of the progress he'd made on the house. I went over there and we talked for about 20-30 minutes. He mentioned 3 times that the woman who had been over there was just his business partner- they had dated, however she "got tired of him" and they're just in business together now. That's the most personal thing he's said the whole time I've known him. I did mention that I was single as well though :) Bottom line... I'm absolutly crazy about Joe, however I don't know if I should take the step to let him know. If he shoots me down, it's going to make things really akward and I've had enough BS in my love life as it is, and I don't know if I can handle the rejection- but I know I'll never forgive myself if I let him "get away". Any advice?