Lots of ways to skin it, but it can take several touches before a lead responds. 

Far fewer disruption to my life, and possibly a little cheaper via economies of scale and lower costs due to not having to move furniture out of the way with every step... so many ways to skin a cat, and they a will work.. just need to decide what works best for me an my situation I guess. 

And they have zero skin in the game.

A PMC, has to deal with whatever you buy on a daily basis, so they have the most "skin in the game" with you.PM us if you're interested in the Detroit market.

Lenders will require you to have some skin in the game.

If that is the case, many lenders will require for you to have some skin in the game. 

I really believe in what we do and the services we provide and I have pretty thick skin. 

As an investor myself, fully capable on closing a deal (yes, I can get hard money, put up my capital, or my 20% as a skin in the game, buy, fix rehab the prop and sell on market, or just hold and sell), I have ZERO fiduciary duty to seller.

You think you have stress now, buckle-up  because if you want any shot of actually getting there your gonna have to grow Rhino skin and carry Atlas's load on your shoulders my friend.

An experienced local investor with "skin in the game" would be someone I would more easily trust to define what works needs to be done.