Our house is the largest by far, and we are sensitive to the fact that it’s a quiet community.  

@Marc Izquierdo, section 8 tenants generally have little to no skin in the game, so really don't care about your plumbing or walls or how the place looks.

A good amount is one that you are comfortable with putting down on a property, and more you are skin in the game you have better it looks when you approach investors, or banks.       

I would also say that if the mower needs to be replaced, then you would subsidize part of the cost to replace so that the tenants have some skin in the game.  

You want to help companies make financial decisions based on risk, well they are going to want you to have a lot of skin in the game to do that.

At first, it would be for smaller commercial properties, but if the relationship grows well and we make a good team, I'd love to scale up with them.Ideally it's a win-win for all:For the PM:They get a large chunk of equityThey get more business.They get access to my investors' capital for potentially future dealsIn a way, they eat what they killFor me:I look favorable to the lender with an experienced PM team as a partnerI'll get a deal under my beltI'll be able to get help with the downpayment, reducing the burden on my investors and myselfFor my investorsSure, they lose out on some equity, but they'll get a (slightly) higher return due to the lower monthly management feeThey'll sleep easy knowing that the PM has skin in the game and is experiencedTo be clear, I'm playing the long game, so I'm more than willing to do say, a 55/30/15 split with the PM/Investors/Myself and with a 3-5% monthly management fee.

He agreed but since he was busy on the job we didn't really have time to discuss it further.So of course, one option would be for me to just be his private money guy and structure it as a debt deal, but I'd really rather get a little more skin in the game and partner with him. 

@Jamella HagenWith Saudi Arabia's thin-skinned reaction to criticism in August, there are between 6000 - 8000 fewer international students at Canadian post-secondry institutions this autumn. 

The local banks I've spoken to want to loan on based of skin in the game as opposed to appraisal value.

A private money or hard money lender is going to want to see that you're financially stable and have some 'skin in the game' so to speak, with some of your own capital.