Confidentiality?  

You may also email it for confidentiality reasons.

With the location and the number of bedrooms i'm confident i can keep the 1500/mo and actually think I can get it up to 1700/mo with some relatively minor upgrades, which is more in line with where 3 Bedrooms rent at.  

Some chance you could call or go in person, but my guess is they won't know how to run it or produce it and won't give it to you saying it is confidential info.   

fairly confident. I

I am a CRE and Business broker; What you are describing is a risk concern for one party in a business sale (you as landlord), usually landlords are worried on of the opposite, making sure a tenant will stay/succeed.As the landlord, you will want to underwrite the lease transfer as you would any similar deal, and the broker should be working with you and all the parties to facilitate.Working as an intermediary capacity  (what you describe as both sides) is typical in BB; That is why business brokerage(s) charge more than CRE brokers, it is a less common skillset.External influences or unconfirmed competitive businesses might not be required disclosure in your state and your injecting accusations about the sellers motives might be interfering with a business contract (ask legal counsel if you can be held liable) or might violate your agreement or any NDA or confidentiality agreement you have with the tenant. 

My properties rent for a rate where it may end up a recovery situation for someone downsizing but I'm pretty confident I can get them rented wcs.My concern is ever having the ownership of my property management decision rights returned from the feds.

My husband's a GC and has been in construction his entire life, so I'm confident is his ability to identify problems.  

They are going to be handling funds and confidential info on your behslf, so:How else are they going to 1099 someone for any rents they collect?

LOLYou can say, if we reach a price that is acceptable, if the property meets my needs I'll buy  it, if I find that it doesn't fit my needs after an evaluation, I'm confident I can get you to a sale quicker than listing it, you said you didn't care who bought it, so let's move forward.How ever you want to explain it, the owner now understands that either you or someone you know is trying to buy it.