What we worried about was a bait-and-switch dynamic, where you start with a low price assuming that everything with the house is perfect, then pretend to be surprised when it isn't.

., I know how that song goes too, the "pretend interest" just to be able to put you on a list, I dislike that practice and always make sure that I am sending something if and only if I have double checked to make sure most of the criteria matches up with notes given.

That makes me think they are trying to pretend they are actually going to live there but are going to end up renting the whole place out under your nose.  

Or can you just "leave it empty" (aka, not rent it out), and kind of "pretend" you live there, but not physically actually live there. 

Again, I'm not pretending to be an expert so I'm not sure if that's how all of the tax and/or sheriff sales are or if it's just a local thing. 

If she pretends not to understand, divorce her and marry a woman with brains like @Theresa Harris.

It came with a storage unit building, but it is currently being rented out by a squatter pretending he owns it. 

As you are required to take it or the irs will just pretend you did anyway. 

Jesus's best friend pretended he didn't know him.

One good way to determine rents is to call Craiglists listings or For Rent sign listings for similar houses and to try to negotiate a rental price pretending like you are trying to rent.