You can be inoculated by exposure to an infected animal's saliva in contact with a break in your skin.

Although I did not take @Julie Kern's full advice on reducing the rehab, I did reduce our scope of work a lot so that hopefully we do not overdo it.Scope:New flooring - laminate downstairs, carpet upstairsNew kitchens & bathrooms - complete gutsNew RoofElectrical work to remove wallNew Privacy FenceSmall things I plan on doing myself:LandscapingPaintWhite wash fireplaceOne thing that is giving me anxiety is the house has those stupid textured ceilings :)  that are harder to get off than normal popcorn ceilings.

It never hurts to try and get some skin back from the seller on inspection items.

@Marco Grier Quicken does still have some skin in this game....they originated it for fha, fha can make them buy it back if it is defective (not a first lien, which right now it is not).

People need skin in the game. 

More texture to that question:  I own a 4plex and live in one of the units. 

They want you to have skin in the game.  

This also keeps it very objective so I don't have to worry about someone claiming I discriminated against their skin color or something.

My skin in the game forces me to do all the due diligence and make sure nothing is overlooked or glossed over.

However, a few also choose to dip their toe in the water and experiment, so I feel that crowdfunding sites can still provide a good source of leads.Realtymogul focuses on nonaccredited investor offerings, which tend to be much higher fees, have almost no skin in the game, and much less choice and selection than accredited investor options.