Options depend on your situation (net worth, objectives, income).

You probably won’t use many cards in the beginning and want to change things up so go low cost & low quantity.

These can be summarised as follows: What are the objectives of the joint venture?

You can easily determine these materials and quantities for the most part.

My overall objective here is to find a way to keep the ball rolling in my real estate career despite putting my career as a programmer temporarily on hold.

Sometimes if you find the source of an objection, it leads you down a path towards overcoming it.

At this point he just objected to answering any of these questions and basically insisted on an offer which I said I would not be able to give until I can at least get repair estimates. 

But that is my personal preference.When I have talked with partners and investors, I also go with the approach of building a relationship first, then find their needs/goals/objectives, then present my option for a return.

The main thing is your actions have to be objectively reasonable under the particular circumstances.Vitaliy

@Jalen Henningsen This really depends on what your investment objectives are.