Far fewer disruption to my life, and possibly a little cheaper via economies of scale and lower costs due to not having to move furniture out of the way with every step... so many ways to skin a cat, and they a will work.. just need to decide what works best for me an my situation I guess. 

That really adds to the difficulty level.

And they have zero skin in the game.

A PMC, has to deal with whatever you buy on a daily basis, so they have the most "skin in the game" with you.PM us if you're interested in the Detroit market.

Sometimes, the lender's underwriting catches something we missed, leading to financing difficulties.

Lenders will require you to have some skin in the game.

If that is the case, many lenders will require for you to have some skin in the game. 

I really believe in what we do and the services we provide and I have pretty thick skin. 

If you don’t have the money to pay all of it use the difficulty of collecting to work out a payment plan.I am not saying you should make a habit of pulling a trump on contractors, but there is a reason when tenants trash houses everyone here says take the security deposit and eat the rest—it’s a pita to collect.

As an investor myself, fully capable on closing a deal (yes, I can get hard money, put up my capital, or my 20% as a skin in the game, buy, fix rehab the prop and sell on market, or just hold and sell), I have ZERO fiduciary duty to seller.