Thomas Mansfield wants to start a store where he sells antique architectural features that he salvages from old houses that are torn down. He knows what decorators want in terms of doors, windows, mantels, and so forth. He does not, however, have all the funding he needs to get started. He has invited his parents to invest $$45,000$ in the enterprise and told them that they would have liabilities in the firm equal to but no greater than their investment. Mansfield is attempting to form a $$ with his parents.

joint venture

cooperative

closely$-$held corporation

general partnership

limited partnership