(for calculations sake pretend I don't live here, though)----------The house costs $200,000I put $7,000 down and take a mortgage for $193,000 at 4.5% interest rate.At 30 Years Fixed this is $977.90/monthThe three units together bring in $4,470/month.

They might be illegal, They might not.US citizens who are wanted by the law have been known to pretend to be illegal so nobody runs a criminal check on them.The truth is that unless you have the SS# and run the credit report and the criminal background, you have absolutely no idea whom you are renting to.Without a valid SS#, you might not even have their real names.Also, be careful about stacking.

Fortunately insurance and real estate pay the bills much better, and I've still got some time to pretend I'm a rock star once in a while.

The agents/investors around here are slick, and pretend to be everything from wounded soldiers back from iraq, to homeless single mothers.

The truth is that you AREN'T in a position to sell the house, yet you are wasting everyone's time and money for absolutely no reason at all.Out of curiosity, what is the motive for pretending to have a home for sale that isn't actually for sale? 

If you pretend otherwise you might smooth the way early on but when you make your offer and it doesn't fit with the false image you have created you will losing anything you thought you gained.For example, the "we are a company, blah blah, buying in your city..."

Perhaps someone with better credentials may be able to outthink the market, but I do not believe we will find many that can do that.I do not pretend to have any idea what is going to happen to the real estate market next year.

Let's not pretend you can't swing a dead cat by the tail around a group of landlords without hitting a saint with it.

Pretend you're moving... this will help you.Then you need to understand how deals work and how the numbers work.

If you aren't Donald Trump, don't pretend to be.