They will either tell you a one sentence answer or they will go into a story that reveals why, and how motivated they are.

AND it is very unethical to reveal the contents of any other offers received.Chill out and have a beer :).

Looking at a person's bank statements will reveal payroll deposits.

There are lots of great online tools that are intermediaries between the landlord / applicant where the applicant never needs to reveal personal information (such as SSN etc) to the screener. 

If you don't want to reveal the fact you own the place, tell tenants that you're the property manager and work for the owner.

Buy J's book and all will be revealed    @J Scott      :)   

Hi MnMoney,In your mini-book you mentioned the conversation with the lender attempting to get them to reveal their BPO or appraisal.

That would be good to, but there is a way to assign the contract, but a magician cant reveal all of his secrets.

I work with a group of Private Investors, who I am not at liberty to reveal, for legal reasons.

I found out he was trying to find out from my medical plan what types of coverage I got, for instance, acupuncture.