Definitely dude, I will be your "Knight_gt" in Shining Armor, lol. This is long but well worth it

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Investment is very important dude as you are aware. I’m glad that you are also aware that there are levels of investments that require more from the TGT than you can get right from the beginning.
Because you seem to know how to have good conversation, let’s start there. I am not sure if you ever tried this, but have a conversation with a stranger. Start with chit-chat and whatever opener you want, and then say something personal about yourself (like you had sex in an Old Navy story). Make sure what you say is interesting to the point that she is unaware of the privacy issue here (people do not say personal things about themselves to people they don’t know well, it’s taboo--but you can use that to your advantage). It is an advantage because if you know how to do this, women backwards rationalize the crazy statements that they say to you as they feel comfortable with and attraction to you. Even if they do not have personal comments to say about themselves, as long as you are cool and confident, they grow affection to you because they see themselves as important to you.
Let me give you an example, I start by saying that sadly some people are not adventurous, blah blah, and raise interest in a crazy experience I had with an ex-girlfriend. I tell the TGT that I did not want my sex life to become boring like so many people let happen, so I spontaneously took my girl shopping and surreptitiously fucked her in an Old Navy dressing room. (You got to get into details with a story like this or it is not going to have the same effect. For instance, I say how my heart was pounding full of adrenaline because the sales associate was right outside, and I had my girl biting my finger so that she did not moan loudly.)
Then I turn the conversation to the TGT. I do not expect much from her, but I challenge her by saying something like I bet you have some awesome stories yourself unless you are too innocent that you can’t handle me. Once you have built enough conversation with her (you hooked her), she will reciprocate with interesting things that have occurred to her; she must, because you have shown your vulnerabilities by opening up to her. If she says nothing fun has happened to her, you will notice her guinune reply, and that is a good sign because admitting that nothing like this has happened to her is personal information.
This all has to do with Frame and State Control, where you are in-control of the dynamics and you mimic and then change her state. Notice how you feel sad for a person who is crying in front of you. If you were to console that person, you can’t be a happy person because it is incongruent with the situation. That person is making you invest in their misery, just the same way as others invest in people who are having fun. It is amazing the statements you can get from a person you just met by using this tactic of being bold yourself. Interestingly, when you leave that person, you will notice that you have created a bond.
Pointers:
*Make sure that you take an interest in WHAT she has to say so that you don’t sound like a person who only wants to talk about himself.
*Be unapologetic about the statements that you are making.
*Just make sure that when you are doing these things you are positive and happy with smiles and shit.
*Don’t take what you are saying too seriously or it will come off bad.
*If you are normal and cool, she will be normal and cool--no matter the crazy statements that come out of your mouth...
I agree with you that you require a date and physical proximity to be able to execute higher levels of investments. I am not sure if you know, but think about a person that you care about so dearly that you would kill or die for. I was like this with my ex-girl. That was because she did things for me and I would do them for her to the point that anything was possible.
In the beginning of a relationship, you want to have her do small things. Start with conversational investment, whereby you show her how awesome a person you are and give her the opportunity to show who she is--that will create a feeling of intrigue in her that she will WANT to go out with you (when she meets up with you that is a big investment). Continue having good and fun conversations during your date with actions where she is investing in you (you must also invest in her so that she notices the reciprocity).
Let me give you some examples from small to bigger: I have them hold my coat or drink while I use the bathroom; I Kino them showing a level of compliance and comfort to me; after some time, I stop phone usage agreeing that I will not use my phone if she does not use her's (I explain it as I want to enjoy the moment with her without interruptions when with her); I lead the date as I want it to go having her say yes to all I want (simple things like what I want to eat or which movie to see etc.).
After some time, you will be associated with value and fun, causing her to put her friends aside any time you call or want to meet up with her. An important point to add here is that you need to give her space and make yourself busy (and your time with her scarce) so that whenever you do see her, she values it even more. Of course, at some time you will have sex with her and that is (I consider) the ultimate investment from her to you--that is when you win and she is your’s. Enough of this and she will fall in love with you.