Also, what does this guy need to let it go....Does he need his whole 25K back or is he in apoistion to accept 20K (or less)....If there is spread between what he needs (plus the 3K remaining) and the value, there is certainly potential to wholesale.....Lets pretend for argument sake that the property is work 40K as is and that the guy would take 22K to walk away.

So, let's pretend you've just bought a house for $100k cash.

Received their letter aka "Directed Share Program" today and came here to read this great community's feedback.I think it's another careless treatment of the hosts , while trying to pretend that we are privileged to receive their offer.

Let's pretend these houses had no loans on them (they did, but that gets in the way of the thought exercise). 

I offer $180,000 to beat the competition, and the appraisal ends up bringing it back down to $175,000.With about $12,000 of my saved cashed from pretending that I actually had a rent payment, I am able to use an FHA loan to purchase the house.

I pretended like our connection was failing.

Many REALTORS have no clue what something will actually rent for; they just pretend they know what they're talking about to tickle your ears and make the sale.I would also recommend you be very careful with using family or friends to manage the property.

I know arguably this is not a good idea, but once I was on the other side and no longer worried about whatever return that money could otherwise have generated in some random financial vehicle to measure it against, especially when I pretended the money didn’t exist in any tangible way, that extra emergency account is something I know I will repeat with all future longterm mortgages I happen to acquire.

Lets pretend just for a moment you are right.

I don’t pretend to be able to predict the future.