They usually want you to put some skin in the game, so you might have to put down 10-30% down payment, depending on the deal and your experience.

For example, is property A looks like a good deal from a cash flow perspective, but it is located in a local market that I have to determined to be on the decline, then perhaps it's not as good as it seems on the surface.

so an old park in WV to me as a new buyer who is looking to keep it running Is not worth what most sellers are going to think its worth..  250k to be fair was 40k remodeling the house.. but by the time I ran in new utls  power meters demo'd trailers re surface roads new water lines etc etc.. it just adds up.. 

Everyone we have networked with says we must have skin in the game to do any kind of joint ventures/learn from them or even join a team, which we would love to do, however we basically gave our life savings to a family member to deal with a health battle.

Alternatively you can use private or hard money for both the purchase and the rehab but you’ll most likely need to have skin in the game and put down 20-30%.

I've just started to scratch the surface of the vast amount of resources available here, and I am very excited to meet all of my future friends here in the BP community!

If they have no skin in the game and they aren’t playing a “mentor role” I don’t know if I would give a percentage of the profits.

After a while of doing research and thorough preparation, I am finally ready to get some skin in the game and to start investing in real estate. 

JustineGreat job so farYou have a lot of skin in the game and more risk.

On the surface your situation is not that abnormal.