That's just how it works when you can't put skin in the game so to speak.

@Andrew Steffens @Jason Wray @Sarah KensingerI appreciate your POV's but you have skin in that game.

Allowed a tenant to pay deposit and first month's rent via nonprofit which meant he had little skin in the game and he became a nightmare.

@Zachary JensenIRS clearly knows how to get under my skin haha

However I would not consider them to be truly passive because they do not put any skin into the game like a good passive investment does (via a sizable coinvestment).

It's also upsetting her kids' skin because it is so harsh, so a simple drinking water filter isn't a favored solution. 

If there was any, you did not have many properties to work with.At the end of the 3 day workshop when they pitched the different tiers of mentorship programs, I remember an older gentleman who could be my grand pa decide not to purchase any program because after hearing all their spill he could not see or observe, I quote "Phill Grove have skin in the game" for the mentorship program.

The Skins actually won yesterday! 

Find a way to put skin in the game without having the money. 

This knowledge is essential Assuming you source a good deal (with multiple potential exit strategies), I would then bring in a capital partner to fund the down payment or Property acquisition…and get some sort of sweat equity (depending on your experience and value brought to table) and then invest the $10,000 you do have into the deal itself to add your stake, add some skin to the game and align your interest with your capital partner.