A good home inspector will suspect what was done legally or not and a simple call to the city will reveal all permits ever pulled for the house.Now, you are allowed to act as an Owner/Builder.

@Arian Mustafa THIS is the sentance that reveals the problem: "Before I started the legal route I wanted to give her the opportunity to do right by the lease agreement she signed"The idea is good, the problem is that you need to start the legal route in conjunction with giving her the opportunity to do right by the lease agreement.

And if Susan values her license, she’d not reveal any information about you, to the listing agent.

That said, looking at some of the verbiage in this thread should reveal the amount of lies people are comfortable telling so long as they can do some verbal contortions.

If an investigation pursuant to this section reveals that an unlicensed person hasassumed to act in the capacity of a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, thecommission shall issue a cease and desist order, and shall impose a civil penalty of up to thegreater of ten thousand dollars or ten percent of the real estate sale price.PS - this took me 30 seconds with a Google search.PPS - this is nearly identical to most, if not all, other states. 

I don't want to reveal myself as owner.  

If I elect to use a 203K FHA Loan, and a contractor reveals unforeseen conditions during his renovation, will the 203K be adjusted to cover this?

So I see it as a familiarity issue with the RE industry.For example, in syndications, I see sponsors contribute a large sum themselves to depict they have skin in the game, but do not reveal that they are collecting a higher amount as fees at closing.

Housing price to rent ratio reveals a similar trend.

This type of topic reveals the people who really shouldn't be landlords.