Opening a few credit cards with $2-3K balances will finance your materials.

Short of that, tough cookies.

If a vendor purchased multiple truckloads of material at X cost and the market goes down, the material they have on hand is essentially overpriced.  

., casement vs. hung), material type (e.g., vinyl vs. wood), or ???

I had a contractor that does ground-up construction, he got tired of owners not paying him on time, workers complaining for weeks without pay, material delays by owner, so he stopped being a contractor, he now runs 4-6 jobs at a time for someone, he is fairly happy with his hourly job and won't miss the things of being a contractor.

@James Maher You don't give enough information to really say, but it is pretty tough to make money on a property that is getting 1% of the value in rent per month.  

The idea there would be, is it fair to the sons to burden them with a almost a full life cycle of the loan for a debt that grandpa as PR and Mortgagee had material knowledge of, failed to deal with but still may be entitled to some form of recovery?  

My partner will buy the material:-Tile work-Install kitchen - install vanities in the bathrooms - install graniteMy usual guy is very busy and can't take more work, my back up guy did not do the best job I am looking for someone inexpensive (my partner will supervise him) that has a decent experience with jobs above. 

I don't know your personal situation so it tough to say what you should or shouldn't do.

After a lot of tough negotiating, the deal was had at $200,000 and financed through a hard money lender.