The big money is owning your own business but a whole new set of issues.My daughter just graduated from K.S.U in Business she has a job waiting for her in pharmacy sales.I am of the mind kids should not have a total paid for college they need skin in the game.Both my kids have some debt from college not a lot.I told my son you are a broke college kid live like it you will look back at this time with great pride.He still drives an old pick up making good money most of his coworkers drive new pickups.I did not get a degree out of 5 kids heavy with Engineers.I do think the right degree with a good work ethic is the recipe for success.

Banks like to see skin in the game on a finance deal and you would be surprised what is available with a little cash on the courthouse steps, some of my best buys was because I was the only one there with cash.  

I get how private money works.... and I get the deal.But even hard money lenders typically want some skin in the game.

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.

There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Pathologist AssistantI dissect surgical specimens ranging from skin biopsies to colon segments.

You just have to have thick skin.  

The vast majority of people that go the wholesaling route do it because they have no money, and believe that it’s a way to break into real estate without skin in the game.

With my crazy accent, with no family, being a foreigner, being a dark skinned foreigner, no money, on a visa, no unemployment options...It was really hard for me too... the trick  is... you can either complain, cry "unfair", feel sorry for yourself, and agree, that your crappy life gives you valid reason to give up and that it would be justified...or you just step up.

The OLMs don't have any skin in the game and you're talking to people in another country that don't even understand our laws (not to mention they can be slightly different from one state to another).