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28 May 2016 | 4 replies
Hard Money is going to want you to have some skin in the game, so you'll have a hard time finding someone who is going to give you 100% financing for the purchase.
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21 November 2017 | 7 replies
I agree with Matt...find an agent who has skin in the game, property management experience, or at least has a solid history of repeat client investors.
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25 July 2016 | 3 replies
Banks want you to have skin in the game and don't allow second mortgages at closing to avoid down payments.
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20 April 2015 | 26 replies
My "skin in the game" is client service.
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2 June 2014 | 6 replies
Consider that most LPs want the sponsor to have skin in the game, +/-10% is a number you see regularly, and figure that the amount of your own money that you want to risk on your own first deal is equal to about 10% of the total cost of your first property including organizational costs, acquisition costs and reserves.
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9 June 2014 | 17 replies
In a booming economy where it's easy credit was between the years of 2004 and 2006 you can have no skin in the game with Hard money.
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11 April 2018 | 11 replies
They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.
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10 April 2018 | 23 replies
They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.
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12 November 2016 | 7 replies
Lenders will noteyou have some skin in the game, so work it to your advantage.Jim Kennedy, CPA
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1 May 2021 | 32 replies
better grow thicker skin than that if you want to keep going in the real estate business.