If you don't want to acknowledge them, that is your choice, but don't pretend they don't exist.

I have said it before and I will say it again, if you want to hoard cash that is fine but do not pretend that buying cash flow and increasing cash flow are the same thing.....they are not.  

Every time I see a multi family listed for sale in these areas, the Realtors want to pretend that they will perform the same as a comparable property in a large market and seldom do they actually know how to run a true cash flow analysis. 

In a nutshell, we don't want to pretend to know when the market will have it's cycles.

I really like this podcast, a different kind of way to wholesale, not really a usual who lies to the sellers and pretend to be end-buyers just to get a deal but ruins a potential relationship if they can't find an end-buyer.

1) Avoid Wasting time - (like pretending to do "research", or "organizing" or "reading up on investing";-) Do MAKE OFFERS!

You think the house is worth $120,000 after repairs.Let's pretend everything goes well and you refinance.

Also, pretend you are booking on AirBnB. 

There are those that embrace the fog of war and chaos associated with it and learn to operate despite it and then there are those that try to eliminate it or pretend it doesn't exist.

They are not stupid if they are pretending to be.