It seems as though it is a pretend veil.

I would never pretend to have all the answers and my situation is different from yours and everyone else's.

Then I find the most difficult year in the pro forma (where cash flow is lowest), and pretend the recession hit that year by running the numbers through it and watching what happens.

You'll also develop an appreciation for how little really good finishing work happens in this country, and how many dudes who pretend they can do this well are not gifted with quality tool-using genes.

Pretend you are them and look for another place near by that is comparable to yours..... what's the rent there?

I prefer to do business with those who know ther crafts instead of those pretending to know it all by showing signs of “grandeurism” just because they have a college degree.

I won't pretend it's not. 

He's pretending to be your friend so he can milk you for up to $400 a month.Give him the minimum required notice, get him out, and rent it at market rate.

There are two things that stick out like a sour thumb to me about what you have presented;One: How can you afford a 5100 square foot building and still pretend to qualify for a financial hardship without comitting fraud?

How happy I would be just to be able to run the numbers on a "pretend" deal (by pretending I have more money than I do) as a hypothetical learning tool.