Plus you are going to need leverage of some type to acquire 25 properties anyway, and most lenders want you to have some skin in the game in order to get their cash.

I've been doing this a very long time and have pretty thick skin.

Outside investors like to see you've got 'skin in the game' before putting their own money in.

There is more than one way to skin a cat so even with bad credit and low savings it can still be done, admittedly it will be harder but not impossible.If you can figure out how you are going to get control of that property first then you can go out and find it and craft your plan to rehab it and flip it.

They would want you to have some skin in the game.

Hard money is also creative but a different form of financing which usually requires some skin in the game for the most part unless you develop a relationship with the lender and he trust your abilities based on experience with you that you can find, fix and flip properties........now you got Card Blanche to pick up deals and not put up any upfront money !!!

However, 50/50 would be more civil since it's family members and I would have no skin in the game just my knowledge and minimal labor.

You do have to have a thick skin in this game.I am buying a portfolio of properties from a guy who realized that he was so nice to his tenants he has gone broke.John Corey

Since you're the only guarantor of the mortgage, you have more skin in the game becuase you stand to lose more than the principal in a default scenario.

Are they wanting some skin in the game from the buyer?