@Kevin Felmlee @Simon AristizabalAs a Private Lender, you can have Title be held in your or your Company's name...And you can have the Borrower pay you interest during the Project, as their "Skin in the Game."

We are doing the repairs ourselves so we have skin in the game.

That's a great return, given it offers tax advantages, and while those investors don't have skin in the game on exit, they've enjoyed stable returns for 5 years, diversified across hundreds, if not thousands, of units & geographical territories.

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

Inflated rents, downplaying Maintenance, under quoting projects, can sell more homes but make our company look bad.Because we are providing more than one service we have more skin in the game than most agents and I would fire an agent if I found numbers that were not substantiated by good comps.We need a certain kind of agent though because sometimes doing the right thing for a client means making less money.

Darren some sound advice.As well as current resume, experience , team members, exit strategy, why invest in this project, skin in the game.

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

Just as all of you in this thread have had a different perspective and thought on one particular scenario, say, bringing a sandwich into a shop, and your thoughts on that exact action - how it has affected each one of you to a point - either of irritation, anger, or some could care less. 

Discuss with them what is common practice in your area....as far as what amount of skin you need to have in the game and what are the options and timeframes to get that back.The other skill you really need to have is knowing your rehab numbers.   

Agree with many of your pointsAs they say many ways to skin a catDetroit has markets within markets, I am focusing on those that are already rising and gentrifyingAlso not just looking at buy and hold strategy in this marketTime will tell if I succeed, will keep you poster and flag this thread in 12 months