Inventory is low and activity is high, so 3.5 percent down isn't going to entice a lot of people to jump (low skin in the game) unless you are paying substantially more than someone with 20 percent down.Also, FHA and off-market almost never go together.

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.

It's great to get someone's perspective, but what I've learned, even after someone gets free advice, they don't take it because they have no skin in the game.They haven't either worked or paid for that advice, and they don't value it.

In my experience success in real estate, whether as an investor or provider, requires a “thick skin”.  

I'm working on a 53 unit deal now without banks.There are so many different ways to skin a cat in this game. 

If you read what I said, I apologized if I assumed you weren't a HML and you were.My answer is still the same, there's nothing in the deal but problems for the buying from year 3 and beyond....and if you think I was lecturing you, you have a very thin skin. 

From the lenders point of view, they want to see that you have "skin in the game" that way if you do run into any complications, you'd be more motivated to address them as you are invested financially in the project yourself.Regarding the tenants, I'm a bit less experienced in that regard.

Trump.My skin crawls just thinking about it.

I've also since realized that I don't think my personality matches up well with the thick skin needed to be a landlord, and the deals I've found (yes, I know many can say I'm not finding good enough deals) don't have a ton of room for property management fees (or if they do, they're in areas that I would never want to have to go - and I would if something ever happened w property management). 

Last thoughts on being a GC, if you have a track record, it's very encouraging for investors to partner with you as you have skin in the game and can show them previous projects you completed successfully.