I was not getting any solid signal about rental occupancy rate either and from a property appreciation point of view, I felt there was hardly any skin left in the game for me. 

Do you have any skin in the game. 

He could just as easily insult your weight, height, skin color, accent, or a dozen other features.

Good idea - I guess I am a little sensitive to this topic because I had to go thru an eviction process with the tenant before this couple.

However, Real Estate is highly sensitive to borrowing costs for all that lovely leverage.

However, I would caution those who are sensitive to high altitude, or who use supplemental oxygen to see how they do in Prescott and Flagstaff before they make a permanent move - those areas are as high or higher in elevation than Denver, CO.  

Commercial require you to have at least 20% skin in the game correct?

If you want to tag someone, just use the @ symbol, then type the first 3 letters (case sensitive, no space).  

Most 2nd position lenders will want the investor to have skin in the game (invest their own money) AND be paid a double-digit return.When you purchase property, you ALWAYS need to have reserves, but in this scenario, you really need to have reserves since you will need to make 2 large debt payments every month.

For instance, if I manage to raise private capital to fund a deal and purchase a successful rental property, how would this actually benefit ME when I have no skin in the game (i.e. money of my own invested)?