It is also your skin in the game to ensure the contractor isn't taking all the risk.  

How much "skin in the game" will an investor need to see?

One of the biggest lessons I learned was, this is a business that you're rewarded by how hard you work and the color of the sign doesn't matter. 

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

Aside from the hassle of moving, you get benefits from securing primary mortgages: (1) interest rates are much better, (2) downpayment is far lower, (3) skin-in-the-game forces you to purchase good deals that you would want to live in, and when you know you'd live in a place, you can be sure someone else would be happy to live there too, so it helps with finding tenants.Our goal is to buy a house with acres in the next five years: our forever home.

Handwritten envelopes with colorful stamps

Some landlords balk at this (even when they are not paying any of it), but it's a way to get tenants with more skin in the game and more money in the bank.

Unfortunately the title and mortgage industries are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to electronic signatures.

It stains, so you can't put it on anything that is porous or light colored carpet.

They can, and do, control and police ridiculous things like what color you paint your front door, the condition of your window screens, the type and color of doorknob you install, where you store stuff, where you and your tenants park (I've had an HOA/COA tell my tenant she was not allowed to park her car on the property because her car was too ugly) - All of these are actual examples from my own experience - I am not making these up).5.