Hiding or being allusive about how your business operates is unethical, maybe illegal depending on the laws in your area.There is nothing wrong with a business capitalizing on relationships the business has built.

Contractors, sellers, buyers, tenants; they'll all lie/hide/fudge the truth.

It turns out that nothing was load-bearing, as the walls were just for decoration and to hide the metal piping.It took them about 3 hours to remove it, and now I only need to sheet rock the corner!

He has even asked me to "Come hide in the bushes and I will call you right before I go outside on my balcony so you can catch them going out on thier balcony when I go out".

This will do more to help you and help your partner feel more comfortable with you.You will absolutely, guaranteed, no doubt about it make mistakes - do not hide them from your partner.

Yes, you could hide the LLC behind a land trust, but it is not hard to find out what is behind the land trust.

Sometimes great deals hide in plain sight.Just make sure all your ducks are in a row before pulling the trigger.

Even if you get a deed a day or a week ahead of the borrowers' filing, you run a risk of the BK Trustee reversing the transfer via Fraudulent Conveyance - in other words Jamie was just trying to "hide" his asset.Something you want to stay far away from.

They didn't hide the "A spoiled rottie lives here" sign or their pictures with him.

However, let him know up front that any attempt to hide, conceal, or otherwise prevent your discovery of information that would affect your decision will result in immediate denial for the respective applicant.