Pretending to move into a cheaper, smaller, and similar location home will not pass underwriting... 

Being considerate and professional doesn't mean pretending to be family or a friend when you are not.  

It's easy to check out the competition because all you have to do is to bring a some clothes over and pretend you're doing a wash.

And, unless I was on the job site at all times, they constantly did things like diluting the paint with water.They did not even pretend to be working towards the schedule.

If you ever need a get out of jail free card, you can pretend you have a partner and say you have to discuss it with them, or your partner would never let it go for that....

Pretend you are a busy professional with $200-400k income (like a mid-career dentist or successful small-business owner) but don’t have time to become a general partner and take on the extra work.

I pretended to be a builder and we created a list of all the big items, i.e. furnace, water heater, A/C, as well as smaller stuff like faucets, oven, Microwave, dishwasher, fridge, light fixtures, etc.

It's one of those most valuable skills in investing, knowing what you don't know, and not trying to pretend ones way through it. 

For anyone to pretend they definitively know “the future market cycle” or how things shape out, is outlandish and full of hubris. 

Pretend he made no money on the sale of bigger pockets (I said pretend) and pretend he isn't involved in investing in startups.