Still wondering what he’s hiding.

No need to burn a valuable bridge by hiding what is going on.

If I see "staged" and stained carpet, I wonder what the staging is supposed to hide or make me not notice.And I've always wondered why people think the yard doesnt matter. 

If so you will need to get a commercial mortgage on the properties.You will have higher operating costs as a result but will not likely get any additional protection than you already have.Depending on who it is you are hiding from there may be easier and less expensive ways to go.

I have a couple of mortgage broker friends who tell me all about the crap their clients try to pull and we have a giggle over it on a semi regular basis.thanks for the info but why would we hide this from a lender , would they not be impressed that we have enough financial capacity to forgo deductions, surely that  indicates financial strength to them. and why is it not a good thing to ask them how their formula works so that no more taxes than needed are paid , does that not indicate good financial governance. 

The building is very old hiding a bunch of secrets most likely.

I like to use my nice things regularly and enjoy them - not polish and park/hide them.

No need to hide who t was purchased from.

It hides who I am through the whole transaction.

"hiding from tenants" is only one reason that one might use such services.