I've loaned money on thousands of properties and the ONLY factor that determines repayment is your personal skin-in-the-game.  

I am not saying that about Papa John's I have just seen that with other corporations before.Jay your franchisee you need to make them put skin in the game with attachable assets.

And honestly, there is a great benefit to me to be on the same team as Shane because he’s a hawk if he’s got skin in the game.Effort - Shane works really hard on this even when I try to get him to slow down and pace himself.

With no relationship, no track record and no experience, they are going to want you to have significant skin in the game to create shared risk.2. 

- Yes you having skin in the game is what most HMLs want to see.Q.

I welcome any and all feedback (I have tough skin ;).Thank you!

There are multiple ways to skin a cat…I know, kind of an odd headline for a BP post on an ordinary Saturday morning LOL, but I think it works alright!

I've got skin in the game now I think I might just be overthinking the situation a bit.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

In the last about 7 years, I've read about 150 books about real estate investing, sales, and business management.I've talked to many lender in the last year and they tend to want experience and skin in the game   I have talked to banks, private money lenders, and hard money lenders and they tended to like experience and your cash on hand.