Ask them to send you prospects/comps that meet your criteria.Best way to find teammates is make sure they have skin in the game - this will make it a win/win.Now that you have your first property down keep moving forward.

You'll get the equity of your land as your "skin in the game" and could come out with a loan that covers 100% of your development costs.

We move boxes but at least they are full of mostly healthy stuff.

In between, at 8-10%, they find less central suburbs of the bigger cities, or satellite cities like Kobe, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, Kumamoto and similar.All in all, a very large, active and healthy market, as far as rental cashflow is concerned - and the last few years have also seen prices rising in the top tier locations for the first time in a long while.

Hey everyone. My two friends and I are interested in getting into the real estate investing game. We were thinking about starting out with an investment savvy broker to track down a deal and then connect that deal wit...

You will need to have some skin in the game as far as down payments some lenders will fund from 65% all the way to 100% after you have proven you know what you are doing.

He said that some agents ask for up to a 14% commission to get skin in the game. 

The takeaway: I got out by the skin of my teeth.

This way you can add value and quickly refinance the property.Another piece that can come in to bite you is that most lenders will require skin in the game on a purchase. 

Maybe you could shadow someone with skin in the game.