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. 

Sharma,Just a few things on the surface the deal looks great in terms of gained equity for the price plus injected costs to renovate/repair.

Swim to the surface! 

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.

Chipping or peeling paint on the interior & exterior surfaces is definitely something they look for. 

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.

I'm intrigued by actually running the syndication myself assuming I can build out systems and a team that allow me to operate it on "auto-pilot" as much as I can, but as you stated, I was not aware if other strategies have surfaced since I last looked into investing or whether syndication was still a viable option.