And both options have sponsors with skin in the game via the coinvestment.I think that the platform that Larry promotes, is nice because the coinvestment of 30% is much larger than typical.

This will show that you have skin in the game and you are not trying to sell them on an opportunity that might work, but rather letting them in on a deal that you WILL MAKE WORK.  

As long as you have "Skin" in the game they may work with you.

It depends on the lender, your relationship with them, your past experience etc, but they usually want you to have skin in the deal.

Nature of the beast to some extent.We have had some healthy debates on the evaluation of risk and return among different asset classes on the boards before.  

After my experience growing retail stores in the most competitive markets, I feel I have proper tools and thick enough skin to take on the venture I have always dreamed of. 

You probably need to have skin on the wall and skin in the deal to raise money for any big deal you are looking at.

I also knew I had to start out passively to get skins on the wall, to gain experience and see how deals are found and how they are structured.

Alot of hands on ,with that type of investment for him.So a lot of ways to skin the cat I guess.Alex

ditto....I have a tenant, although never late paying, complained that she was having some sort of issue (skin rash) and attributed it to the "possibility" of mold in the home.