getting around broker/seller pre-screening questions

[N/A N/A]

Hello All....I wanted to know from the members of this community of how do you get around the various pre-screening questions the broker or seller love to ask?

main two questions they love to ask are:

1. how many properties do you own, and in what states and etc (basically they want you to provide them a small list of the properties you own)?

2. can you provide a proof of funds (financial statement)?

now i'm not saying every broker or seller will ask you these questions, but i am saying that 85% of the professional commercial brokers or sellers will. they do this to separate the tire-kickers from the players is what they say.

so for all the people on here that has experienced this when getting started, how were you able to either sidestep these questions or answer them in a creative way that made the broker or seller feel comfortable in going forward and disclosing certain info about the property.