If nothing materializes, no skin off your back."

I'm about 100% sure the doctor wont say "those lesions are from bedbugs".... they will likely say "these lesions may/may not be compatible with bed bug bites"....if you are lucky they will find some other definitive form of skin disease where they can say "this is disease X and it is NOT from bedbugs".

"You can shear a sheep many times, but only skin him once."

I think this a great market and near perfect time of year to get some skin in the game in Music City! 

If you find a Hard Money investor that willing to  lend with very little skin in the game I would love to hear about them.

In Real Estate thick skin is everything.

She likes to meet whoever we will be working with and may veto the idea if the partners do not have documented experience and skin in the game.

If you're capable of having skin in the game in your deals, do that.

Strap the skis to the bottom of it fly up into a back country valley and skin up to the ridge for virgin turns several times. 

In my personal portfolio I've repositioned 6 NPLs and the borrowers are still paying after 2-3 years, mainly because I've had them pay $10K or more towards their arrearages as part of the loan mod process, so with that amount of skin in the game, the likelihood of redefault is lowered.