She does trust me as long as I don't have too much skin in the game and we can afford to loose.

There are always alternatives, they say around me there is more than one way to skin a cat.

Obviously a lender is much more enticed to give the loan if I have "skin in the game."

It's cause you have less equity when you close on a purchase with a low PP (i.e 15% down on a $55K purchase would only consist of $8,250 of skin in the game on day one for the borrower).

Some skin in the game. 

Pay 13% interest on the Credit Card and investing the cash you have left from not paying the Bill  Your rental investment will be a little safer if you have some skin in the game. 

The urine irritated her nostrils, so she would run the humidifier at 100% non stop.To help her sell the house, we had to rip out all of the flooring, and also remove some of the sub floor.

My life, my freedom. my financial prowess.. all because I started wholesaling.Instead of looking at what the easiest way is to hack "success".. acknowledge that it is YOU that needs to step up, and become the person you need to be (whether this includes getting a thicker skin, knowledge, ambition, and pure wrath) to make it happen.You need to ask yourself, do you have what it takes are you a friggin pushover.

My partner and I are looking into purchasing a multifamily building (6 unit) in Hartford, CT and trying to come up with some creative ways to put the least amount out of pocket into this deal and still make it a win-win for the seller and us.One of the things we are exploring is having the seller finance the down payment (20-25%), but not sure how to go about it as I have been told that lenders would not allow the seller to put the down payment (a 20% mtg to the seller and 80% mtg to the lender... essentially us not putting any money or "skin in the game").

Many times I'll spend 20-30 minutes or so skimming body hairs off the top of the water (think hairy men's chest/body hair that sheds in the water) that would be gross for the next guest to have someone's hair sticking to their skin in the water.