At this point I'm hoping they get the hint and leave me alone.Funny thing is, when I mentioned this on reddit, all the $12 an hour people started attacking me for being successful, calling me a douche bag who is pretentious, and siding with the person that tried to insult me but just really insulted herself...lol.They don't even understand what pretentious is (pretending to be something you are not).

When I was poking around on some company to help me establish business credit, there were a lot of calls promising everything from heaven (best one was 250k within 6 months without exposing any SSN only EIN), I pretended to be an easy sell, and for sure within 20 mins of the call, in comes the credit card info, simply told them I need more info on what I am paying for, played along and did my delaying tactics, (explanation, contract, money back guarantee, a visit to their office) then from the same referenced individual i think there were at least 3 different company names, Jeff from ABC / Jeff from XYZ / Jeff from LMN Corp.

And who is this annoying guy that pops up in the corner of the screen trying to pretend like a real person who wants to chat with me?

The people who pretend to know everything are the ones who should be afraid.As a contractor, you (likely) have skills that will interest others.

But you can pretend to be a tenant and find out what's available and the prices.

but it you'll throw you cash in it and ignore the return you could have had on that cash elsewhere, we can both pretend its a good deal."

"pro forma" => "pre tend"

[But sure, I'm happy to pretend no-one mentioned LLC in this context].

My numbers could be way off.... but let's just pretend they are close for easy math.Fix basement, 60k investment, rent's 1200, let's say adds another 80k to the value of your house.

Dude, not all of us 'Doomsdayers' are waiting for a crash or pretend to have a 300 IQ.