Its just human nature to buy or change lifestyle as one gets more successful but not at the expense of pilfering the projects. 

If you have no skin in the game, you'll usually start at 50% equity and work your way from there depending on what you can offer.But doing 10 deals a year with a partner is much better than doing 1 or 2 deals on your own. just be open and flexible to make a deal that's mutually beneficial

:)Let me first assure y'all that this back-and-forth between Sean and me is in good nature and friendly.

To put it simply, I’ve been told that I do not have enough skin in the game myself in order to cash out some equity.We bought the seller financed with only a $30,000 down payment.

The main thing that has held me back in the past is that my income can sometimes be turbulent with the nature fo work I do. 

Naturally, the lowest mortgage rate was my goal, so i started applying for mortgages. 

I think he provides value to the people he teaches, not only that but from my experience I have seen that unless people have some skin in the game (paying money) they don't take the knowledge they learn seriously. 

Anything can happen: the market can shift, we can go into another extended lockout period, the property can be destroyed by a natural disaster or by vandalism, the list of contingencies is endless.

So the asynchronous nature of tenant requests, coupled with trying to get them handed out to the right handyman, plumber, etc, are driving me insane.Is this something that can be outsourced without going to a full 3rd party property management arrangement?

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