If you asked me what the 5 most important skills were to be a successful agent I would give you this listMarketingMarketingMarketingMarketingReal Estate Knowledge

Many construction skills that I previously had no experience.

@Art P., Thanks so much for the response, much appreciated!

Or a unique skill set someone brings to help scale your little business.

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The principle is this: you can use your expertise, experience, or skill (or even other people's expertise, experience, or skill) in lieu of cash as the downpayment. 

I recommend a skilled carpenter, send me a message.

Most people have transferable skills (accountants and engineers being good with numbers; people from the service industry are good with customers or high touch business models; marketing professionals know how to build a crowd). 

Then hopefully you have great negotiating skills... 

I can see myself getting hands on with flips, running the numbers, building my skills and knowledge, and enjoying the actual daily grind of being a real estate investor.