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.

If it enough for you to have some skin in the game and use a HML that works too.

It might be better for them to try to resolve it via shortsale than foreclosure (at least for their personal credit), plus it is no skin off their back to forward a purchase contract to B of A to see what they say.

After you hear your fair share of sob stories you start to grow thick skin.