Open to any strategies that come to mindGoals:Short-term: Get "skin in the game" with my first property, ideally a duplex/small multifamily or a starter SFH rental.Long-term: Scale to 5–10 properties by my late 20s, eventually replacing part of my income and continuing to invest.Open to BRRRR, house hacking, or just buying a solid rental depending on what makes sense.Questions:At my age, should I prioritize house hacking, or since I live at home, should I just buy a pure rental?

What gets most is that the bridge lenders want to see you have skin in the game, so if you have seller carry or other second, they reduce their leverage to keep your skin just as much...

This business takes skin in the game, experience, and realistic expectations.What’s going on with this mindset?

Most lenders see a first time flip risky and offering 100% financing would require skin of some sort in the game.

You’ll not be able to accurately run numbers until you get some skin in the GAME.

They want a private lender to fund and use the equity as the "skin" in the game.

So, if the Teepee is 100 wolf skins, you bring 20 skins to the powwow.

We can help you here as a sounding board for questions, but it also sounds like you need to grow a thicker skin and that's a personal growth challenge.

Protect Your TimelineSet shorter inspection periods (5 days max) on new contracts.Require proof of funds or pre-approval before accepting offers.Ask for higher earnest money so buyers have skin in the game.If it were me and the clock was running out, I’d:Do the pre-listing inspection this week.Fix the deal-killer items only.Drop price slightly + advertise “clean inspection in hand.”Blast to cash buyers + MLS at the same time.That combo usually gets it sold fast without losing your shirt.

I'm very grateful to have been in Cincinnati to really skin my knees on rental property real estate and property management.One thing I haven't seen yet from all the good replies is to make sure you run your proforma as if you are not living there.Once you move out you're going to incur additional fees, such as Property Management service fees, new vacancy fee estimations for the unit you are living in, etc.