Should you get poison ivy outbreak on your skin, a hairdryer will be your best friend. 

So my business partner and I started working on it and had some friends come over thinking it would get done faster, but they didn’t have any skin in the game so the care and concern painting, flooring, etc they had wasn’t the same as ours.

Now I currently try to connected investors to their next asset(s) in hopes of closing a major deal so i can start putting skin in the game and start building my asset portfolio as well.        

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

My personal opinion is that agents make too much off all sales with very little (or no) skin in the game.

From my experience on 5+ units lenders are going to want more skin in the game and I see minimum 20-30% needed down.  

HML isn't going to lend with 3.5% skin in the game unless it's your uncle or parent.

Here’s my issue: he says he wants the profit of anything I make on the deal if it’s anything over $25k so that he has “skin in the game”.

Meaning you took action and bought properties, as opposed to those who just give opinion without skin in the game. 

I'm open to any guidance.I have no idea to secure funds if I have to put some skin in the deal, hopefully, since its, some kind of grant it won't require any money down.