I always collect one full month's rent first regardless of how many days they occupy the first month and then have them pay the pro-rated amount on the second month - it gets more skin in the game with the tenant. 

Sure commercial propertyare going to want more skin in the game and cost a little more but at some point EVERYBODY has to pony up.

He has consistently bought one property a year.Get established with a local REIA (Real Estate Investors Association) and network for a seller finance or potential partnership where you bird dog a deal and have someone bring in capital that doesn't want to manage it (some skin in the game will always help get someone else off the sidelines and bring them to your deal.If you have solid credit call local banks/credit unions.  

There are debates in here and elsewhere about the +/- of the eREITs from Fundrise and since they're pretty new and I don't have any skin in that game, I can't render any meaningful opinion. 

Yet despite that, investors still demand and receive better oversight and skin in the game.

She said that as she was opening the mailbox, she pulled her arm back and scraped it along the railing (about a meter away) and the skin was ripped open due to the rough surface.An attorney called me and said they were claiming compensation.

The homeowner loses, and you, as the wholesaler, have no skin in the game. 

As Edward has stated, you have to have much more skin in the game if you go with conventional...

Plus, with no skin-in-the-game from you on this deal, why wouldn't you walk away the first time stuff hits the fan (it's real estate, stuff happens).  

BelindaYes and no.....local banks and credit unions are going to want you to have a lot of skin in the game which means more % down.