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17 May 2015 | 4 replies
It's the poor homeowners who put their trust in someone with no skin in the game and empty promises.
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3 January 2015 | 17 replies
Skin in the game is to keeping down expenses and installing an equal goal between tenant and landlord.
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9 January 2015 | 5 replies
For a bridge loan, there are other type of lenders that will be willingly support this.Scenario 2: Rehab NeededIf rehab is needed, the HML may not without "skin in the game".
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30 December 2013 | 4 replies
He didn't break the skin but had marks on my side where he got really close.
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5 January 2018 | 38 replies
If you want to impress a lender with your credibility, show them that there is sufficient collateral in the deal to protect them and that you have skin in the game.
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29 July 2018 | 8 replies
If you are going to do it, you will need to have some thick skin.
21 April 2020 | 90 replies
You need alligator skin to survive in the real worldI have kept my 👄 shut.
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1 October 2019 | 15 replies
If you have thick skin and can shrug off an angry person's comments and immediately start dialing the next persons number without skipping a beat than it can work well.
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28 July 2015 | 20 replies
If that yields a price you cannot work with, you move on.Any sales business requires thick skin.