I dont pretend, I make no bones that I am an investor and I buy at discount.

I would get a 1003 app filled out and see a mortgage broker, and pretend I had 3.5% down for a FHA loan.If the mortg broker said I had everything else, credit, d/e ratio, etc, I would consider the L/O for my family.

A pretender mentor will cost you money , lost time, and may kill your spirit.Get educated on your own first so you can make a better decision,J.Scotts book is a great start.

For instance, pretend you are looking for a rental.

Look at rent.com & rentmetric.com, maybe even pretend to be a renter and go look at some comparable apts in the area.

-----------OK… so let’s pretend my ex-business partner’s name is Newton (it’s not—but Newton sounds like a fun name).

Essentially you just pretend the seller is bank.

Long term goals, and then figure out realistically how I would achieve those goals, and everything came around to ----- Real Estate.I've been reading BP for over five or six months now, and while I have two very close friends in real estate (one in AZ, one in Cali), I do not pretend to know anything about it, nor do I plan to be as aggressive as a lot of people here with flipping and such; however, I do understand that if leveraged effectively, it can help me reach my ultimate goals, while also doing some wealth building as a nice bonus.I left the insurance industry about five years ago to pursue some other endeavors, such as starting my own travel agency; doing freelance writing around food and travel, and launching a website all about women in the culinary industry.

Dan Kennedy, as mentioned above, is basically the guy who pretends to teach you marketing for your business, but ultimately is trying to just sell you tons of books and course (that just cross & up-sell you into more books and courses) eventually to get you to start a coaching program for your business to teach others how to do their business better.

If you're willing to do the management yourself and pretend that return is coming from the property instead of your labor (as many investors do) you might make $8000 a year for a 8% cash on cash return.I absolutely would not lend you money at 5-6%.