And with all things considered, I would want someone to have equal amount of skin in the game.

You can also ask for 2 months of free advertising, if you pay for the skins.3.

There was pushback from lenders because “I wouldn’t have any skin in the game” if I used investors. 

Sounds like the other two are the ones putting skin in the game and you're the one that brings them the deal...?

Borrower has no skin in the game because fully financed so higher risk for lender 

Nonetheless there is always a time for new blood and skin to the game, so looking for contacts of Good/awesome/great PM in mcallen who are creative and well connected in the Mcallen area.

You just need skin in the game.

Doing any type of development deal is not an easy thing to do as there are many different ways to skin a cat...

Consulting" was legal verbiage as we couldn't state a "deposit" for some reason.This was a while back when composed and for the purpose of investors having skin in the game before they get me burning rubber with pitching deals, answering questions, etc...Plus, if I don't like someone I don't have to sell and just refund the $5,000 "consulting" fee (Happens 9 times out of 10) 🤷‍♂️As you know, our operation is boutique as we prefer it that way and I "touch" all investors personallyAnd even prior to that step we have tweaked and tweaked our investor on-boarding process.How to pre-qualify leads via POF, auto-responders, VA's reaching out with email questionnaire's, FAQ's via our website and so forth.A rigorous process to ensure both the investor criteria and our model are clear for all...I mean it took years and years to develop, adapt, change, etc...But I guess that ain't clear enough either for some 🙈

Hope you were able to offset some of those glowing reviews, and maybe a courtesy report to the local BBB and Angie’s List.