There more ways that one to skin a cat

BP is a bit of a “tough love” type community but it is a good one, you just have to curate the advice and embrace the skin-thickening which you’ll need in this biz.

So I require skin in the game (average is 5% to 15%) to offset this.

The stories I hear of people investing with no money down are usually people who have tons of knowledge and skill in REI and that's why people will fund their deals without them having skin in the deal.

I wouldn't accept anything below 10% down to ensure skin in the game.

you can buy the advanced material from any of the guru's on E bay for 50 bucks or so.. there is only so many ways to skin the RE cat... nothing is really new or inventive... you may want to take some RE pre license courses this will get you up to speed on the laws and rules in your state..

I would recommend 60-40 or 65/35 only because you have to recognize that he has more skin in the game money wise.

Most lenders are going to want you to have some skin in the game.

It holds guests accountable; they have more skin in the game, taking it more seriously.

So if it goes belly up they have little to no skin left in the game and are like - oh sorry.