A newbie might be better off with an agent who won't even pretend to know if it's a good deal or not. 

So my client decided to write some hokey letter pretending to be really into Jesus and said they had been praying for the perfect home and God would finally answer their prayers if the sellers accepted their offer...Did it work?

You don't even need to pretend about the source of the money, then.

If they don't spend the COGS, there is no revenue.Next, look at the following expenses and zero them out (pretend they are not expenses)TelephoneInternetVehicle ExpensesThis is because these are common expenses that everybody has.  

It builds on itself.So lets take your current rental in Belcamp and pretend that you don't own it yet.

Pretend that you are the end buyer when making offers.

I don't show up anywhere on title and that's the way I like it.I highly recommend you not waste your time with properties worth less than $100K and spending countless hours trolling Craigslist building a pretender buyers list.

But lets pretend it wasnt, where would be a good place to start..........You should begin by reading everything you can find on this site related to multifamily or apartment investing.

Also the policy of extend and pretend helped.

I hope this helps, and no I do not pretend to know everything.