First, you need to stop listenng to your girlfriend, who has zero 'skin in the game'.

I have no skin in the game here -- I have not done any transactions with Neu Real Estate Group yet. 

They all want to see some of your own skin in the game. 

The proposal sounds promising, and I wanted to reach out to see if anyone here has experience with this type of arrangement.The investor has offered to give me $10,000 upfront, which seems to indicate that he has some skin in the game.

Your learning will accelerate when you have skin in the game. 

Funding companies and banks are concerned that the cash out will not be used for business purposes and that the investor will not have enough skin in the game if things get tougher.If you qualify for government or agency financing that's great, but many of our investors do not and they rely on small banks and funding companies.

The biggest ego seems to coincide with the thinnest skin.

I can only speak from a lender's perspective, but we're going to want to see some "skin in the game" from the borrower.

In my opinion.And, as I mentioned, it's also always possible to negotiate to simply get the neighbor to deed over enough property to meet the boundary requirements so his property meets the setback requirements.Lots of ways to skin this cat.

I agree with Jay, I want to see the numbers, the experience of the sponsor and how much skin they putting in the game.