Most, if not all private money/hard money lenders today will require you to put some skin (contribute cash) into the project.

However; if you do finance your deals, how much skin in the game do your lenders require?

Market prices are what properties are actually selling for, not what some website with no skin in the game zestimates they are worth...C sold for $23K 18 months ago, and B sold for $11K about 14 months ago.http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5803-Hunting-Rid...http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5803-Hunting-Rid...HOA fee being so high is what's keeping the price of these units so low, IMO.

I'm just looking for somebody that I can go to for advice and if it takes splitting the first 5 or 10 deals I'm cool with that b/c They make money if I make money so we both will have a little skin in the game.

I would immediately start leveraging $200K of the cash as skin in the game in multiple single family flips and use the remainder to fund holding costs until those flips started producing.

I'm not telling you to be lax, but there is more than one way to skin a cat. 

My name is still full recourse on the loan so I technically do have skin in the game. 

Unfortunately most hard money lenders want to see your skin in the game as well.

Banks will want you to have skin in the game too.

Most contractors are notoriously difficult to get good, quick service from so you need him to have LOTS of skin in the game.If you come to a loggerhead and you still really want to use him, ask him to use an escrow agent that will serve as the middleman.