When someone insinuates that the market could be softening, why does many  operators  go out of their way to go into denial and pretend like they’re doing great?

If equity is pretend wealth, which I believe is your opinion, the moment my purchase loan closes with my down payment I just transferred that money from real to imaginary.  

I'm not an attorney and don't pretend to be one, butI've never seen the state say oh, yes we got notice the lien is wiped out. 

If you wait until there's a problem and then try to address it, you may never be successful.Another suggestion: create a company name and pretend to just be the "on-site manager" for the owner.

It's ok that Ds are more anti landlord (or more pro tenant - or however you want to frame it), but to pretend like it's not true the way that you are is really bizarre. 

Pretend it longer exists.Step Three: Grab one of those shiny new HELOC checks and write up a payment to your primary mortgage company.

But I dont want to waste any brokers time pretending I would work for them full time immediately or anything

If you step back and pretend that you are an outside investor, would you buy your property right now for the price that you want to sell it at?

Why don't you call the property management company and pretend you were an interested Tenant.

He said he maybe willingly to have me come in pretending to be a friend.