Pretend like every encounter is an interview for a new job.

Pretend you are buying at that price from the seller with no wholesaler involved.

I don't think i can get coverage for that with my property insurance company, but the water company makes it a possibility.Here's a link in case you wonder what the plan looks like:http://www.amwater.com/files/PAC1WB13000C.pdf Our city sent out letters stating that those letters are not sent by them but by companies pretending to be the city.

Anyone can pretend to be an investor just as @Brandon Battle has stated.Jacob

You can't stay in this game for years and years and pretend you're an innocent forever, not when the landlord has become sucb an archetypal figure of deceit and greed in our society.

Pretend you don't have that money.

If I pretend to be old Fannie, my answer would be something like:OK there buddy if you have all these cash-flow-positive rock solid rental properties making oodles and oodles of money, why is it so hard to pay some of the mortgages off?

They are in a rush and telling you there is a problem, will end up being more of a hassle for them and it's easier to pretend not to see it and keep moving. 

I'm certainly not an expert and don't pretend to be one.

I went higher end than you need to here but still, these things aren't as cheap as the tv shows pretend.