I know what you mean about half human - Buddy understands words and phrases that astonish visitors to our house.

Those phrases and words you suggest are also going to tell lenders you're an investor.

Perhaps that phrase is throwing them off.

Memorize very short phrases, that's fine but mix it up with personal comments so it sounds as if you are discussing the subject and not reading a sales pitch.

Taking one of the phrases from this web site and googling it turfs thousands of results.

I think the phrase is "a fool and his money are easily parted".

A recent BP blog article by Scott Trench had the phrase “. . . guys like us here on BiggerPockets . . . “ I commented about the gendered language, because if people don’t realize they’re doing it, it can never change.  

John WoodenI've never heard this quote phrased as a question before.

You need to think about key words and phrases that will catch the sellers attention.

My gut tells me to go shorter with not too much detail and to stay away from trite phrases, e.g.