I'm not gunna pretend to understand Irish laws, but typically "operational" is the only requirement for a appliance under law.

You don't need to pretend like you are a potential tenant, just ask and then say thank you and end the call.And I do like your idea of talking to the local property mgmt co's.

Playing nice guy works better, even if you have to pretend.

This one time I had a client buying a condo in FC and the seller was a knucklehead who knew less about real estate than he pretended to (even though he's a licensed agent and wrote a book on success).

Sounds like instead of pretending to save money you need to save money.

That's all wholesaling is, it's brokering real estate except instead of being up front & telling the distressed seller that you'll sell their property for X amount & take X amount as your commission / fee you are taught to lie to the seller & pretend you are going to buy the property while you secretly attempt to "assign" your contract.It doesn't work.

I don’t know if you are VERY VERY VERY NEW to the idea of money or are trying to pretend you aren’t ripping off the senior seller if they accept?

Tell her her lease expired and she needs to move now and then start showing the house to perspective tenants (have a few friends pretend they are going to rent it) to add to the pressure. 

They pretend they are the owners to scam others for their deposit.

Let’s pretend: I make a $100,000 profit from a property that was held less than one year.