Mike -With all of your investing successes so far, surely you've got thick skin.

Though I always strive for that, we all have natural biases when we have skin in the game.

I see a lot of posts about private lending and skin in the game. 

When we went on a honeymoon to Gatlinburg Tennessee her skin broke out days after we were married.

@David Hudson there are multiple ways to skin the cat.

Nonetheless, a great reminder of how many different ways there are to skin the cat.

I also agree that a person who has paid upfront for mentoring would be more inclined to follow through as they have some "skin in the game" however, that fact does not ever consitute the mentor receiving 50% share/no skin in the game/large upfront fee.As far as mentioning the guru, there is no harm in doing so as anyone here with personal knowledge or experience with that person can give you some insight regardless off the fact that the guru is not present to defend themself.

The seller can be irrational on price and then decide 3 months in after all marketing is paid for to take it off the market etc.You want the seller with skin in the game.

There’s many ways to skin a cat, but I was thinking of going for the SFH cash flow play because of the many exit strategies associated with it.

Most of the time, you'll likely get a no for an answer though because the landlord is carrying all of the risk while you have very little (if any) skin in the game.Even if the landlord would allow it, you'd still need to get a permit for STR in some areas.