Most of us HMLs want you to have skin in the game, to share the risk.

If you're lucky enough to find one who will, they need reassurance that you're good for the money and that you have some skin in the game.

As a thick skin landlord their should not be a issue for you.

Like @AJ Leman said above, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

I say was because they've changed their stance and want me to leave some skin in each deal, beyond the created equity (based on their own appraisal). 

You have to have a pretty thick skin to do this, so it's up to you, but if you have fifty people tell you no and one person say yes, which leads to a $10,000 profit, I say it's worth it. 

The theme I’m seeing in my “investor discovery phase” is that the hardest part isn’t figuring out which way to skin the cat, it’s finding the cat.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

Most investors want to see a partner have some skin in the game.

Newbies are misled and overpaying, and people are stripping their properties of all their equity because of inflated appraisals allowing them to BRRRR out with no skin in the deal.