A contractor should also have some skin in the game.

No skin off my back.

Another option could be raising private money from your sphere of influence but I believe you'd still need some skin in the game to make it happen i.e. acquisition experience, construction experience, syndication experience.Some investors partner with folks who can find the deal on their own.

All hard money lenders I talk with want skin in the game on the part of the investor, so no gap finding.

I didn’t even have skin in the game by that time because our property had been re-defined as a single family but I was furious that the campaign season threatened to change the “winds” of the thoughtful yearlong discussion.  

Real estate is tough, and we need thick skin.

I use an accountant that specializes in income producing real estate and owned some himself so he has skin in the game.

For residential, you can do a "piggy-back" second, but a lender is still going to want to see some skin in the game from you in one way, shape, or form.

. 😂 They have no skin in the game, why would they care? 

Anytime someone is lending on a down payment so the borrower/investor has no "skin in the game" and is very high risk - the lender is likely demanding a huge return and there are lots of potential pitfalls/etc