Everyone wants to do business with someone who's got skin in the game.

I started off in webinars, reading posts from the outside, and planning of to get 'skin in the game' before posting.

Not only could it save your skin, but also dissuade stupid lawsuits because you would be too hard to extract money from.

You need decent credit and some skin in the game. (15%-20% down + pay for closing costs)Typically when investors call me i will go over the numbers with them right on the phone and verify the deal fits our box / give pricing, then I'll take the time to do some comparable sale research to verify if your estimated ARV is within reason. 

In this business, like most other businesses, you have to be thick-skinned, assertive and inventive.

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

In the past there were more options to get creative with seller financing etc to put down less than that, but now the primary lender in general won't allow this as they want to assure you have sufficient skin in the game.

If I don't a particular agent because of skin color, sexual orientation, or whatever, I may decide to offer them less. 

You just need skin in the game

You need to be able to turn a profit, the property typically has to be in an urban or suburban setting, you need skin in the game (down payment) & in most cases decent credit.