After speaking with her, she sounded like an older Russian lady that spoke very good English but was pretending she didn't understand the numbers to work a better deal.A Week before closing the wholesaler calls me and tells me he does not want to deal with the lady anymore because she keeps asking for a discount to take care of the problems in the house (some plumbing and cabinets needed to be replaced, est. $4,500).

Pretend you are worried about sex offenders living on your property while you are going through the eviction process.

"Pro forma" = pretend.

Maybe as a though exercise over the next few months: pretend that you have to give up real estate and go back to school.

Usually, we get rid of the gurus(or self proclaimed gurus) within hours :mrgreen: Don't be offended, while most of your participation and interaction will be welcomed and appreciated, the biggest mistake you could make is pretend like you know some industry secret or something retarded like that.

When starting out in real estate investing, Should you "fake it" and "pretend" you are more experienced than you are to ease a potential prospect's mind or should you be transparent with your complete lack of experience.When I say "fake it", I don't mean blatantly lie but just omit the fact that this is your first time and paint the image that you are experienced.

@Greg ScottI won't pretend to be in the commercial lending business in any way, shape, or form, but if I were a lender I would definitely insist on a higher DSCR during low interest rate environments for this very reason. 

Pati Tanielu I was one of those 1k 3-day seminars, just to test the water, I pretended I had no money, low credit and no credit card.

@J Scott I am 100% new, so I'm still emphatically reading forums, listening to podcasts, doing pretend calculations on properties in my area.

They have been floating along the river enjoying the views and pretending the crocodiles aren't circling the boat!