Gotta have skin in the game and experience IMO. 

Also, maybe important players such as the architect, contractor, and others should be investors in the project, believers in the vision and they’ll have skin in the game so the product will be made well.2.

Hard money/private money lenders normally require you to have some skin in the game (more than 20k) for your first deal or either to put down as a down payment or as collateral/reserves.  

There's a questionnaire we have borrowers fill out but its not something that will kill a deal. what i'm interested in knowing here is how much skin in the game you have.

You can analyze your next deal more so for the back end of things (refinance) and pick an asset where you could see cash flow being probable - you'll also have the cash for a down payment and have some skin in the game!

The key thing about your approach is showing them that you will have some skin in the game- your $20K4.

Just make sure you're confident in that ARV number.A hard money lender is going to require you to put some skin in the game.

I've always structured my team to have skin in the game from start to finish where you work with an agent/management operation so it is a constant and ongoing relationship.

But just putting SOME skin in the game tells us you are less likely to start the project, discover you are in over your head or it won't be profitable and ghost us....which happens a hell of a lot.

I would question any information provided by anything not a human being with decades of experience and skin in the game.