There are multiple ways to skin a cat…I know, kind of an odd headline for a BP post on an ordinary Saturday morning LOL, but I think it works alright!

An experienced local investor with "skin in the game" would be someone I would more easily trust to define what works needs to be done.

I'd ultimately like to work with and meet with people that would like to act on a deal together (i'm also willing to put skin in the game).

I have thick skin.

Lenders want you to have some "skin" in the game.  

You are taking all of the risk in this transaction - 100% owner financing for your buyer, no skin in the game on a turn key investment.

You need a seller who has capacity, powers and authority to pass marketable title.Judges hate intermediaries unless they have skin in the game or are a licensed professional fiduciary.Did you check for equity?

there was the case in Washington with Joe Kaiser. who got under the skin of the WA AG and they went to war and guess who won that battle.. these folks now probably learned their craft from Joe and or are disciples of his.. like the hooked on overages folks in the mid west.But I have seen folks get some decent paydays but if your not set up with full blown accurant skip tracing a bull dog on the phone and then know how to maneuver a hostile county tax collector its a waste of money.

You need thick skin in RE.A mentor who has a mentor means you may have selected someone who should not be teaching anything unless it's free, depends on what they are being mentored in.

Utilize private money lenders until you can refinance the properties with the local bank mentioned above.etc..There are many ways to skin this cat, just need to figure out which works best for the situation based on Time, Cost, Ease, Speed, etc.