This saved my skin on the exit!

People don't know the difference between whatever the heck he's doing and an actual investment company with skin the game.

Most seller finance notes have interest rates in the 9-10%+ range.Also, 5% down is very little skin in the game for the borrower.

I’m always sensitive to our borrower’s costs. 

After the banking failures early last year and the current razor's edge of the banking environment, you had better believe that regulators and banks are hyper sensitive to any potentially bad assets.

How come you don't see the excitement you could have, of asking yourself all those questions at your desktop, if only you had some skin in the game?

We discovered margins are high here and not all that sensitive to construction or sales price adjustments.The design process is getting along well, but there is still much to be done.

This is also why they are going to be hyper sensitive to housing deficiency or even items nearing the end of their useful life on an inspection report.

Cash to invest (enough for deposits, skin in the game lenders want you to have, closing costs, carrying costs, and to kick off rehab work).2.) 

Alternatively i could go for being a real estate broker and try to get experience in actual real estate without putting too much of my own skin in the game.