But wait a minute that means you are paying all of the profit to the bank and the investor and there's nothing left for you.There are very real costs (legal, accounting, marketing, pretending you're wealthy) to syndicating as pointed out above.

I paid Bluewater for the rehab and they pretended for a month that everything was going fine and that they had already gutted the property and the rehab was on schedule.

If he does wait until the end of lease to move out, then your remaining tenant is just gonna have to pretend to move or something and then move back in....of course after their friend applies and you do all the needed checks on this person.

If I were you I would pretend you were Banner and look to see what other cheaper options they might have available.

Maybe I should try the same trick while pretending I'm selling my accomplices' home!...

Pretend that you don't have any money at all and then ask what would i like to invest in.  

When you think you have found a deal, pretend you are the private investor and look at the deal through those eyes.

Just pretend that there was a law saying you could not borrow investment money from a bank, if the need was great enough you would find a way.

Not their buddies pretending to be references.Here're more tips on screening tenantshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/2...

So @Wayne Brooks , you're saying I should include it back into the income and pretend it wasn't listed as an expense?