Hard Moneya. with skin in the game mostlyb. points, high interest, 70% LTV usually, not always, 6 month - 12 month call4.

"skin in the game").

This is a great site to learn and find ideas- there's more than one way to skin a cat!

Since you are dealing with a RE Agent I am assuming you will have some skin in the game with EM?

They want you to have some skin in the game.

That way, when you're "ready", whatever that means, you'll have some cash = skin in the game to get started.

Learn as many ways to skin a cat as you can, don't buy guru books for a special super successful way to do something, you can read here or get info from forums and blogs.Be very familiar with RE financing, financing is the key to real estate.You can initially use investor ratios like the 2% rule or 65% of value but learn what repairs cost in your area and know how to estimate costs yourself.

More than likely the attorney will recommend that you put some skin in the game, but who knows you may get by with your $10 EM.

There are different ways to skin the cat, but that book will give you a great start.

I'd love to get my first SFH rental rolling and get some skin in the game -- I just don't want it to be my rear!!