These strategies put the maintenance on the TB or buyer and weed out less serious parties bc they have skin in the game. 

There's a million ways to skin this cat, but I'd just stick with a single lender as complicating it will cost you more money.

Investors have a problem when the owner of the project has no "skin in the game" (I know, cliche right).If you have nothing to lose then you are much less likely come to the table when something goes wrong.

The downside is they will only go 50% LTV so you would have to have a lot of skin in property. 

However, you can make money managing properties without any skin in the game.

This is common here in OR, there are a lot of unmotivated sellers for the rental and commercial properties.Regarding having skin in the game.

@Mike Lambert It's absolutely my own personal preference, and I acknowledge that many people may feel differently.I am answering his question with zero skin in the game. 

It's important for your mental health that you don't let things like that get under your skin, you run a biz, just like a grocery store will have to toss some expired food, you'll have some losses.

And, if someone discounts good advice based on silly things like where they were born or the color of their skin or how long they've been investing - doesn't change the fact that it was good advice.Just sayin. 

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.