I figured there was more than one way to skin a cat so curious about other success stories, strategies, books, etc on how people grew the number of rentals.

Is there something morally wrong with having “no skin in the game” other than leveraging your personal credit and reputation?

Lead me to that Lender, not requiring him/me to have any skin in the game!

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

I'm hyper-sensitive to ensuring that all structures/operations are legal, particularly for tax purposes. 

I get all the perspective and thanks for sharing; so I can assume that the guarantor requirement is going to stay regardless and there is no avoiding that until we have some "skin" in the game....?

@Aundre Oldacre - you may be able to find a bridge type lender that will allow a bit of cross collateralization but make no mistake, you will have to put some cash skin in the game. 

Or close on the place, do a few most important things and then hopefully resell for just enough to come out with my skin on? 

I'm just curious what various lenders would be looking for in compensation and structure of this deal:Purchase Price: $25,000Rehab/Holding/selling costs: $30,000ARV/Sale Price:  $85,00090 days for purchase/rehab/sale**My questions below are coming from the scope of my view that a HML being a formal institution/group with a bunch of standard terms, processes, etc... and a Private Lender being someone with money, willing to loan it short term, without all kind of formalities(if that makes any sense)So in a HML world, 65% of ARV would be right at $55,000... does anyone does this deal without requiring rehabber to have skin in the game?