I'd love to get my first SFH rental rolling and get some skin in the game -- I just don't want it to be my rear!!

Title companies are now reluctant to do these.The second type is a wet closing, that is where separate funding is used to close each escrow, that could be transactional or flash funding to close the first escrow, and the buyers funds to close the second escrow and pay off the flash funder.There are several ways to skin a cat, and it is possible to do a single escrow and avoid the back to back closing and extra costs.

HML's will rarely lend without any borrwer's "skin in the game" so be mindful of that.

LOL, no comments.....again,let me guess, you need a lsit of unknowns because you can't develop a relationship for repeat business....does that mean that your deals are all about skinning the buyer?

The seller will want that upfront so he gets paid (and then he can take it back again maybe); the seller might want that to show your level of commitment ("skin in the game").

See there is more than one way to skin a cat.

Keeping in mind that my laborer probably only has 1 day to complete the job, it's probably not going to be the greatest-looking thing, non-textured, funny doorway (i.e. a sheet), but ostensibly it's another room.  

You need thick skin, and deep pockets.I love the quotes and stories from others, but at the end of the day, you gotta ask yourself.. do you have the guts to do this?    

So really she just wants to maintain her right to live there, but with some skin in the game for decisions if things go sour between her and her daughter.  

I have a decent job in IT, so I have saved around $10-12K, just enough to put down as skin for any potential private or hard money loan.So I called a portfolio lender to double- check if could qualify for a back-end/cash out refi, and they said NO because of my new (less than a yr) credit history.