Then use colored pins to show the price ranges of the sold properties.

I have skin the game as well on each of my deals.

You just need to become thick skinned with angry callers.

The risks from aluminum wiring are due to oxidation - aluminum oxidizes (turns a black color) when exposed to air for long enough time.

Dark scraped wood or travertine look tile.

One may think (not pointed specifically at you) that they do not have their own money at risk, but in most hard monely loans, they do require you to have some skin in the game, plus, an investor's reputation is very important in this biz so risking your money or that of OPM makes no difference.To get to your OG question, here is how I see it: When applied responsibly, leverage is one of the greatest aspects of RE, and that goes for flipping too!

My refinishing guy would charge about $200 to do a tile shower surround just to give an idea about price...Sure this can be done in a variety of colors.

Most every hard money no requires "skin in the game"...so you will likely need some amount of capital.

Rehab and sell then primed to more easily match the color scheme

I've found that every investors criteria is as different as one's eye color.