Investors need to have some skin in the game when they invest and not rely solely on the portal to vet projects.  

Entertaining madness, mind -- but are you allowed to, say, get number one in "Shrew-skin coats?"

lots of these folks moved back to "rust belt" states where they had family and other support network (3) did they have any "skin" in the deal?.

He stated the commercial lenders want to see the buyer put some "skin" (cash) into it.

Gotta have thick skin to deal with those people...

Its not a good system at all..........I know alot of REO Real Estate agents that hate the program because they get calls on properties with people thinking the realtytrac price is the actual going rate of the home wanting to put offers 40% below list price.There's other ways to skin a cat, and i'd NEVER EVER subscribe to a program like that.

The spotter is both able to be compensated based on the deal going forward (skin in the game) while at the same time the investor has control of the negotiations and the deal mechanics.Note that user English case law (used in 49 states) there is the principal that is something walks like a duck, talks like a duck it is a duck.

don't be one of them.i know there is more than one way to skin a cat but why would you ever want to get a loan to buy a property when it's so easy to buy them "subject to"?

In those cases I make sure that I've got a LOT of their skin in the game to preclude their changing their minds.I would LOVE to pay $50K in taxes, that would mean that I had made a bunch of profit on that deal.

Without a MUCH thicker skin than that, you will NOT survive in the rental business.