And even then, most private equity and hard money lenders will want to see you have some skin in the game.With that being said, if you find a real "deal" then it might make more sense to flip the contract.

Even professional tax preparers mess up depreciation if they are not real estate specialists.

Hey Priti,I'm a real estate investment specialist in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets and I work with a lot of investors like yourself to help connect them to investment properties.

So instead of only having $10k skin in the game, we ended up with $20k skin in the game.

They should give a tax break or tax credits to those willing to put their skin in the game to help improve dilapidated real estate and provide better housing for the public.

Just make sure your borrower has some skin in the game... this is your first rodeo together.5.

I need them to have skin in the game before I will allow them to see the property.

You can look to hard money lenders who put more emphasis on the deal but will want you to have some skin in the game. 

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Lenders want to see you have skin in the game and borrowed money for the down payment generally don't suffice making it challenging for they privater money loan to be sent directly to escrow on your behalf.