Obscure problems will create headaches and cost $$$ plumbing issues, electrical issues, crooked walls ect..I would recommend hiring a qualified inspector when you get a property under contract.

My rental is owned under my name and self managed, and if you own your own home under your name, it would take all of 10 seconds to find your address online in most counties anyway.Security through obscurity is almost always a superficial / feelgood / ineffective means of protecting yourself.

The easiest and cheapest solution that doesn't look ghetto is to add the obscuring film to the inside of the window and put a new bath surround back in.  

Seller financing used to be very popular, but fell into obscurity when banks started lending to anyone who could fog a mirror.

I believe what you are reading is a Notice to Creditors in an adjudicated (legal) publication for administration of a trust.Most trusts are drafted in such a way as to obscure the assets from the public.

The "pro" side of what is built into the design of ours is that they generally just straight up follow FNMA income guidelines (can't have obscure HELOC guidelines jamming up a home purchase), which allows use of cap gains income if you've got a history of receipt spanning multiple years and can show current assets that are likely to allow for the cap gains to continue.

Income property is all about the numbers and having one obscure number (or formula) off in one of your spreadsheets could throw your projections way off and cause you to lose the confidence of your investors.

Hence the generic “proof of funds” nonsense letters you download off the lender website and fill in yourself; the obscure “business or financial partner” who needs to “approve” the purchase; and the “exclusive list of buyers” that only the wholesaler has access to and will expose the seller’s property to if only he agrees to sign a purchase contract obligating him to everything and obligating the wholesaler to nothing.  

HS is free, if we are talking about going $60k into student loan debt to study an obscure subject that doesn’t add value to the global economy, I’d say spend $400+ and get your RE license or use that money to start educating yourself with valuable, time-tested books.

It's still all a bit obscure to me, but my conclusion is that you can't buy HUD or Fannie Mae in the first look period if it's intended as a second home.