I am also going to move the fireplace to the center of the living room (under the bear skin), and it will be a river rock surround.  

Put more skin in the game.

A couple of other things I’ve found valuable to look at are:Track record through cycles (how they’ve managed deals in both good and bad markets).Transparency and reporting (how proactive they are with communication, especially when things aren’t going perfectly).Alignment of interests (skin in the game, fee structure, co-investment).In my experience, those have been big predictors of how well a sponsor actually delivers in the long run.

Why he wants me to have some skin in the game when he's otherwise just going to give everything away I couldn't tell you.

So, again, a sponsor needs to have real skin in the game, not the illusion of skin in the game. 

That is the "shelter" - no skin n the game, but you still get an expense.   

I know real estate isn't for the faint of heart & my skin is definitely in the game.

I know there's so many ways to skin the real estate cat and MHP seem like a viable one.Could anyone show me some example numbers if you've purchased MHP?

The other is skin in hte game, if someone is putting 25% down payment, they will not want to walk away from that very easily and will fight harder to try and make payments.

It can be "little" down or "someone else's money down" but don't make the mistake of thinking you don't have to have some skin in the game.