You need some skin in the game, take whatever cash and credit you have and leverage it to do Rental Arbitrage and rent a multi-family and then Air bnb it.

to make sure they have skin in the game...And what extra equity goes from you to them just to make sure they are compensated for their extra efforts of physically checking things and bringing value to the project? 

Does it appear they have any skin in the game or did they buy it for the cost of recording the deed? 

I too get a lot of phone calls and texts which I find to be irritating, but my question is what do you all think is the best way to reach out to motivated sellers without pissing people off?

It's currently in shambles and the first floor smells irritatingly like dog pee.

If you show that the purchase you made was a success and are willing to leave a little skin in the game then I don’t see why you couldn’t find a lender willing to forgo the seasoning period.

Yes, the sponsor team's experience is important but so are the assumptions in their underwriting.A good sponsor will have conservative assumptions (e.g. cap rate higher at exit).I also like to see the sponsors have skin in the game.

Craig's list and eBay over time DIY (who knows).....Upscale heavily decorated costs money.In many cases DIY can save about 50% in labor, but high end unique things will require workers with specialized (more costly) skills.To get the Look you want, the best way to accomplish a tied together "Feeling" is to get with an 'Interior Decorator" or Architect who does this style, and bounce the cost questions off of that person.There is no way to tell....is the animal skin bead spread $30 from a yard sale or $3,000 at Nordstrom's carpet department in Seattle?

No one has more "skin in the game" than a PMC as they have to deal with the property every day until an owner sells or fires them.Also recommend finding your own Inspector and not one referred by an agent.

We typically like for the owner of the property management company to invest in our properties alongside us to have some skin in the game, however, it is not necessary.