Show him, hey this might be worth 300k after its ready to go, but it'll take me 100k to get it ready, add on my holding costs, closings, and a little profit for my effort and this (insert $$) is what I can offer.

That being said, there is a way in QB SELF EMPLOYED to manually insert transaction - a feature made available so you can insert a transaction if connection to your bank account is not working. 

My history as an investor starts with developing communities (out of foam box inserts) for my Barbies when I was 6 or 7.

There are a lot of "side-hustles", legitimate and questionable, that work to insert themselves in the process to siphon some off some of the value between buyer and seller while creating either dubious value or no value at all.

Ohio (or insert any other city) might be a good place to invest, but do I want to live there?

**Insert @Paul Sandhu wife joke here**No one seems to take the koozies or the business cards.

However if you had passive income that offset it you would have gained a tax benefit of $1,328 * (insert your marginal tax rate). 

You can get this as a full fiberglass insert with grab bars attached. 

Opting for a custodian on a Solo 401k plan unnecessarily inserts a middleman that usually slows transaction times and increases your overall costs.

Here is an idea that may help, or may not be a good idea at all...Unless your earnest money is such a small amount that you can painlessly walk away if things go south (insert 1001 ways real estate deals can blow up) you might consider purchasing an option to buy the split piece (with a very small amount of option consideration money).