I have minimal dollars in once I get the loan, but I do have some skin in the game plus my labor.

I prefer deals where all partners have skin in the game.

With those books you read, they are great on the surface, but there are many MANY nuances only experience teaches/shows, so do ask around.And thank you for your service!

Believe it or not, you kind of need a thick skin to do this because you’re going to hear all kinds of stuff, some of it critical, some of it positive, and some of it a little nuts or pretty far from objective.

There is growing literature where the environment in a home, post smoker(s) is examined and which is finding that the nicotine and other toxins, when painted over, eventually make their way to the surface again.

I see another set that I believe is going to surface in the not too distant future.

Elimination of health and safety hazards (including the resolution of defective paint surfaces or lead-based paint problems on homes built prior to 1978).

We left a few areas of sublfloor and sealed with KILZ or something like it, bombed the house, painted every surface and put new flooring - we should have torn out all the subfloors, sprayed the attic and replaced all the heating registers.Cats also pee on things like the boiler, oil tank, hot water heater - all your mechanicals in the basement.

They want you to have "skin in the game" and then finance construction up to 80% of the arv for construction costs.

No skin off your back and you can put an offer on the house after it's listed if they don't give you the time of day beforehand.B.