I prefer buyers that know their numbers and who have skin in the game, but also aren’t afraid of deals.

No one has more "skin in the game" than a PMC as they have to deal with the property every day until an owner sells or fires them.Also recommend finding your own Inspector and not one referred by an agent.

Yes, commercial lenders will want to know you have enough skin in the game (down payment), enough experience, and capital reserves for vacancies/ when things break.

@Dave Stokley is right, this is not making you an investor, you have no skin in the property game.

Wholesaler wants you to have skin in the game, 1% isn't enough money to not back out. 

There's a lot of ways to skin the cat, but here are the important items they need to know:1) How is their money secured when lending on your real estate project?

If there's no skin in the game it spells trouble all around. 

@Willy Vasquez morales - Both Account Closed is right, it will increase your DTI.2) The bank will probably want sourcing and seasoning of your funds to prove that it is, in fact, skin in the game.3) Even a seller who's open to seller financing will, if they're thinking straight, want to see something down before holding back a note.Here's what I would recommend:Slow your roll a bit.

In having a discussion with a seasoned RE Investor this past week and picking his brain on the structure of his business I really deduced his success down to three main relationships:#1- He has a realtor/partner(he has skin in the game) who handles buying and selling, along with finding deals.#2- He has a "money guy" who provides him a line of credit.  

They are either going to be a lender, and you can pay them a percentage, and you would need some skin-in-the-game, or they will be a partner, and come up with all the cash and you can still get the bank loan, or you both can get the bank loan.