I think if you’d start landing projects and having them delivered; customers would want some tweaks. Is that something you want to do as a company? If not, how thorough does documentation need to be for someone else to do it and does the required time for that fit within the 999 dollar price?
Say some of those MVPs are succesful and customer wants you to build the actual project, since you’re already involved; same questions.
To save on ad costs; maybe visit a few networking events, see if you can find some clients there?
Dump his ass, the 2 of you will figure it out together.