But most will shy away from little to no skin in the game in this market. 

If you are comfortable with the risk, then the difficulty of buyers getting insurance is a negotiating chip. 

I'm sorry to learn of the difficulty you have faced.Our custodian is American Estate and Trust and not APS (American Pension Services). 

You already know of this because you practice it, so I wouldn't let this one get under your skin. 

Should count for the more local couple, but for the longer travelling couple may be more difficulty to prove that are going to the property to explicitly work on the property.5.

Ideally, the Borrower would make a single payment like they are used to and my Investor has security based on the hypothecated Note.Or, must/should I have Investor in 1st position with a Security Instrument and Note based on agreed to terms and then create a Note Rider for a Wrap Loan between my LLC and Borrower spelling out those agreed to terms along with a 2nd Security Instrument in 2ndposition.Example:Borrower Pays: 12% and 3 PointsInvestor gets; 8% and 2 points (spelled out in a Note)LLC gets: 4% and 1 pointPerhaps there are a number of ways to skin this cat but I’m looking for a simple, yet protective, approach for both Investor and LLC.Thanks,Steve

Even GP investment sometimes is not real investment if their skin of the game is coming from their parent or loan as well ( a LOT doing this).

No matter what, if this is your first investment property deal, you will have to have some "skin in the game" with anywhere from a 10% to 25% down payment, plus closing costs and required reserves.

They're just working for themselves now instead of someone else.Completely replacing your W2 job with passive income in 3-5 years is much more difficult. I

Usually, they want you to have skin in the game.