Again, maybe not applicable to you, but let's pretend: Year 2 of being landlord, you have nice mix of SFH/MF but there's one or two units that's just not working for you.

And lets pretend that all contacts with the borrower have been unsuccessful. 

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.