You are free to tell them at any point, for no particular reason to pound sand and withdraw your funds/time/commitment.Working this hard to "prove them wrong" when you don't have to actually empowers his position, belittles your position, and is a waste of time and energy in my opinion.

Being creative and ready for the storm helps separate the men from the boys....or the women from the girls.This is also why rehab flips require great skill.

-The value of the property is roughly $30k more than the sale price, which would empower me to secure an equity loan, and I could pay the private loan (gift) off after that six months.

Do you have any women look at your houses when remodeling?  

Did I also mention that most HOAs are empowered to require "special assessment fees" for common expenses that you probably havent accounted for in your proforma?

You decide what your going to do, where, and then put in the work to build that team, than empower that team to do what set out to do. 

"Rossi, who is seeking $75,000 and court costs, claims he has had to put up with party buses, raucous parties with topless women, foul language, noxious odors and thumping music."

I have had many uniquely empowering experiences regarding self-education.

But now, today, we have noobs galore taking a snippet of info and assuming an entire narrative from it, empowered by novice agents galore with experience measured in weeks or months.

Lots of good advice given here from others to help you both feel more empowered!