I can read music, play all brass, can pick out a tune on most anything with strings, woody's too but oboe is hard and can beat the skins as well, and sing bass, can't hit the high ones anymore, LOL, it was just an example. ;)

It also gives them a little skin in the game.

I think what your friends might be getting at is feeling there is a lot to lose for all parties if something goes bad (skin in the game).If you are not putting much money in and just making the commission upfront they might feel you have nothing monetary to lose like they do.You just have to talk through these issues until everyone is comfortable or not proceed in the future on other properties.

The musky smell is from the oils used to protect their skin and fur.

Maybe the guy wanting the loan with no skin in the game paid some "guru" $20,000 to learn to try such stuff?

Skin in the game will separate the lookers from the buyers.

If you don't have a track record, then I'd want to see that you had some skin in the game (i.e., your own money invested).

Those mistakes will be valuable lessons, get in the game son, even Michael Jordan missed shots, tons of them.JUST MY 2 CENTS BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A MEE-YOW

I would find the most prime piece of commercial revenue generating property that I could find, that would be fulfilling a dream to own, and then I would contact someone [RMOVED] that would use that mildo you have to invest as your skin in the game and then exponentially increase your leverage by bringing in their private equity capital dollars to fund the deal of your dreams.

Hi Wayne -It is going to be a challenge getting funding without SOME skin in the game.