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19 June 2017 | 122 replies
You just have to have thick skin.
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12 April 2021 | 17 replies
I want to be able to inspire the younger generation and show them what is possible no matter what the color of your skin is, where you come from, or what you had or didn’t have growing up.
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26 February 2021 | 213 replies
😂As to your question, like many others, I add the 10s digits first then the ones so 40+20=60 8+7=15 60+15=75.Interesting question as so many way to skin a cat...kinda like real estate investing!
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6 March 2021 | 17 replies
I’ve actually thought of flipping the second house/rehab to come up with all the brrr money to get started but maybe once I get some skin in the game with the first property I can find private lending on the second!
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3 April 2021 | 25 replies
Your skin will need to thicken substantially over the next few years.
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13 November 2018 | 20 replies
I know there are investors that get deals without using any of their own money, but let’s be honest the vast majority have to put skin in the game, especially when we’re starting out.
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26 October 2021 | 380 replies
This time around, we have folks with skin the game, and lots of investor cash sitting in accounts looking for a place to go, and low inventory (not to mention reasonable prices relative to interest rates).
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30 September 2021 | 321 replies
COVID can live on skin, clothes and hair.
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15 March 2016 | 7 replies
We are interested in putting 10% down-15% to have some skin in the game.
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27 January 2020 | 13 replies
@John Warren yeah I’m going towards the brrrr I’d like to learn and get more hands on just to have skin in the game .