Is this something I can document for tax purposes, or am I just better off pretending like it didn't happen?

The more that people do so, the harder it will be for the mainstream press to pretend that investors are just a buch of sheisters and slumlords.

There is no need trying to pretend someone is deceased.

Now I am no Pollyanna and certainly wouldn't tell a tenant the answer to any question, but pretending that I am a PM and don't own the property seems like a big lie and an easy one to get caught in.

The market doesn't have time for pretenders because to many real players are in the marketplace.Show me you have the cash directly and show me you are willing to put it on the line to get the deal.

Don't laugh but I actually started pretending I knew what I was doing and literally acting like the wolf of wallstreet for confidence building. 

Another tough thing is the REI in my area seem to have an attitude about wholesalers that isn't all that pleasant since there are a lot of pretenders around here and I don't want to be one of them.

While I do project myself as a guy looking to buy a house rather than an investor looking for a deal, I don't pretend to be home shopping.

So I thought of an anology I could provide that would go something like this: "Ma'am, that's very true, we do make offers that are below market value, but let's pretend for a second you are in the market to buy a car.

I know this was easy when we were talking about baseball cards but lets continue,The FHA loan alone would kill any argument you can pretend to have about the real estate market being a free market!