You can also ask for 2 months of free advertising, if you pay for the skins.3.

There was pushback from lenders because “I wouldn’t have any skin in the game” if I used investors. 

Sounds like the other two are the ones putting skin in the game and you're the one that brings them the deal...?

Seems like he cannot differentiate btwn regular wear and tear and intentional damage/ Paint requirements: Interior walls, ceilings and other exposed surfaces in rental units must be kept smooth, clean, free of flaking, loose or peeling paint, plaster or paper and maintained in a sanitary condition.

Borrower has no skin in the game because fully financed so higher risk for lender 

Dont suppose I'll get it...again, i've never done a real estate deal other than purchasing my house over a decade ago. without experience there's just so much i dont know.networking is a sore spot, i'm just not a people person. thats one reason i look at real estate. since i plan to have any properties managed, i wont have to deal with a lot of people. i imagine you'll scold me for this but whatever. i'm never going to be a people person and thats set in stone. it's something i have to work around not overcome.It seems I always get to the same point with real estate where I take the safe and easy route and leave my $ invested in the stock market. the thing that appeals to me about re, and i'm more focusing on rentals, non b&b, is steady income with an appreciating underlying asset. whereas the market is up and down. i can get totally safe 5% from short term bonds, but i know my principle is withering away from inflation (i dont believe the gubt bogus 3% cpi). with a rental house i could get 5% rental income, and the house will appreciate ~5% a year. that's a huge difference. the other thing i'm somewhat interested in is flips, but same story there, i just dont have the knowledge, and all the reading this forum or watching yt's in the world only gets to the surface as it's all airy generalities.

Push hard enough and it disappears... but I doubt it's falling on title/insurer unless some other facts surface.

Nonetheless there is always a time for new blood and skin to the game, so looking for contacts of Good/awesome/great PM in mcallen who are creative and well connected in the Mcallen area.

I would get a lead inspector out there ASAP to test the hell out of every surface to have SOME contemporaneous proof that there isn't lead dust in the house.

In addition, being on a hillside in SoCal, it is critical to determine the makeup of the hillside sub-surface conditions as this will make the difference between a 150k foundation and a 500k foundation.