In Real Estate thick skin is everything.

She likes to meet whoever we will be working with and may veto the idea if the partners do not have documented experience and skin in the game.

If you're capable of having skin in the game in your deals, do that.

Strap the skis to the bottom of it fly up into a back country valley and skin up to the ridge for virgin turns several times. 

Is it possible for Betty to texture and paint the walls with wallpaper, just leaving them on?

In my personal portfolio I've repositioned 6 NPLs and the borrowers are still paying after 2-3 years, mainly because I've had them pay $10K or more towards their arrearages as part of the loan mod process, so with that amount of skin in the game, the likelihood of redefault is lowered.

That includes rent credits, financing an option price, an agreed lower future price after rents are paid as agreed....anything.Beyond the stated exemptions allowed there is no method to finance, including using your wife's dog in a trust, that circumvents the intent of the DF/SA laws.No, I'm thick skinned but I don't need to address you in that manner at all.Now, if you will excuse me, I'm headed to the bar!

The banks typically do allow a seller held second as long as borrower has skin in the game.

Definitely gotta have a thick skin at times with real estate..

They pay little toward the rent -- very little skin in the game (in my opinion).