You want the buyer to have skin in the game, i charge 5k non refundable earnest money and 10k depending on how large the deal is. 

Typically, it's best to have some skin in the game by putting a down payment, which helps your cash flow.

Just go slow and learn there are many ways to skin a cat in this game but you have to choose 1 way and get really good at it and that process takes time, things dont happen over night. 

I suspect she filed her complaint with a service that is free to renters, therefore she has no skin in the game and is just taking a shot in the dark.Report this to your attorney, follow his advice.

Unless you have skin in the game and your partner is protected in case of default, you will not find a credit partner.

Otherwise, you'll need to save up some skin-in-the-game if you want others to fund the majority of your find.

We are having HiLine homes do the building and have already given them a 15k deposit so we have quite a bit of skin in the project with that and owning the lot outright.

Seems kind of crazy to me to invest with someone who has no skin in the game or actual hands on experience but somehow they do it. 

You're offering just over half the listing price with no skin in the game.

It depends on the thickness of your skin and your stomach.