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30 January 2019 | 15 replies
I caught the investor bug after getting a killer deal on our personal home and turning a healthy profit in just a couple years.
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20 January 2019 | 3 replies
Any and all help is welcome, I have thick skin so don't be afraid to throw the hard blows.
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10 February 2022 | 24 replies
But then that doesn't really meet the definition of wholesaling, more of a quick flip, and you'd actually have to have the money to buy the property, so kind of defeats the purpose of wholesaling which is supposed to be the easy way to get paid with no skin in the game.
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20 January 2019 | 15 replies
A commercial loan will require the 25%, but also your personal financial statement (assets and liabilities) will need to look healthy.
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5 February 2019 | 24 replies
Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.
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23 January 2019 | 35 replies
I am spending 4 - 6 weeks on a project and skin in the game.
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28 January 2019 | 10 replies
Enough said.Except for this... there was healthy tension between me and my agent.
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25 January 2019 | 9 replies
So while December 2018 sales volume was down, the market is still healthy and chugging along due to the huge influx of new blood coming from the Bay Area (more on that in a minute).The thing to understand about Sacramento is that we're still trending with increasing home values.We're a little more secure in that than the rest of our country due to the close proximity to a much pricier market.
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24 January 2019 | 10 replies
I would want to see that they are putting significant skin the game with the coinvestment.
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23 January 2019 | 5 replies
The spectrum ranges from loans where the only criteria is the subject property and the ability of the property to service the debt, to loans where the borrower’s personal financial health is the main driver.