push hard for as large as an em deposit as you can get and likely keep  The more skin she has the game the more she is likely to close.  

While we take great care of our home, I have found the key is for the other side to have skin in the game too.

One of the best things you can do when you are first starting out is find an experienced investor to team up with to help you get some skin in the game.

There is almost always some "skin in the game" requirement from the borrower, in our case generally between 20-30% of the purchase. 

Typical "skin in the game" stuff. 

For your first investment, the best thing you can do is team up with an experienced investor to help walk you through the process and help you get some skin in the game.

I would suggest networking and considering partnering up with an experienced investor to help you get some skin in the game.

I was pretty shocked as obviously race or skin color had nothing to do with it.

Another one I did, I was not going to do much to increase the value so I put 15% down and the seller held a second for 10% so that I had some skin in the game.Also keep in mind that it is hard to cash flow something that's 100% financed.

I told him he might be better off pursuing this on his own as he would have all the skin in the game initially but he insists on me helping him and holding him accountable.