The down payment is "your skin in the game." 

I am grateful to those that placed their faith in me when I was new, and regret doing business with others.Eventually, you develop tough skin and you bless and release.

A lot of deals are done with either cash or seller financed so ARVs are depressed.Overall: If you have cash or a lender for the properties and you have thick skin while not minding to do extensive rehabs its a great market.Paulsboro - Cashflow but be carefulThe Good: Good cashflow, low purchase prices, decent taxes.

It's skin care, so we were thinking of placing 1 mini-facial per guest in the bathroom for them to use if they want.

I offer them 100% financing with the following terms:- provide a detailed deal analysis- Schedule for rehab (timeline for each phase, cost for each phase, list of contractors and repairs needed)- Payments processed through an escrow agent to pay contractors that meet the said schedule- Right to title with improvements if any one the terms are not met- 10% points on the loan or 20% of profits for payment which ever is greaterBeing that the project is 100% financed and they won’t have any “skin in the game” I don’t think it would be completely unreasonable to have right to title with such strict terms.

How much skin in the game did you have to have?

But once they have skin in the game they are far less likely to look elsewhere or go with someone else.

Larger deposits mean you have more skin in the game and make your offer stronger.5. 

But almost all hard money lenders will definitely want you to have LLC or similiar, some bank statements showing funds for reserves and any skin in the game.

A million ways to skin a cat.