They think you find a seller and buyer and sit back and collect a paycheck or run away when the buyer can't get funding or sue the seller or buyer for getting angry at them for not revealing their arv  profit from the start before closing.

Don't reverse engineer it, get serious about your financial picture and your search criteria will reveal itself including states/cities/and asset class.

I am a very blunt person, and sometimes revealing your hand works in your favor.

It also reveals his assumption that I rent to people who might NOT be reliable enough to pay rent regularly and that I value money in the hand over the lease obligation to pay monthly.

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I don't know why they are not moving and when I ask, they say they can't find a place, although a quick such on craigslist reveals many places in their price range.

If going through those steps revealed red flags, then I would have stopped the process.

This is what a quick google search revealed:  In Michigan, possession must be actual, visible, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, continuous, and uninterrupted for the statutory period of 15 years.The laws in VA where I live are written the same way.   

I won't spell it out, won't help you see where, and I won't reveal my case strategy.

Why kill yourself bugging tenants to reveal their financial data?