If its the same (usually cheaper), I would look into Corian, I'm particular to sandstone because it hides damage well and if there are scratches you can just sand them out and you have a brand new surface, then if there are major problems they can typically fuse in new material.

Where I'm at they tack the notices up on big bulletin boards in the courthouse foyer.If you hide around a corner you can watch the sneakier investors remove the notices for their own benefit.What a system......

There is no system or set of rules just a simple response, and acknowledgment to the One who created such splendor.) 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

Yes I do criminal and background check for 25 and make the tenant pay for it upfront.If they are hiding something I will know it.If you do not do the checks you might get lucky for one tenant but not another and get burned.Professional tenants look for landlords that do not follow proper screening and then they LIE and put on a good front.Then when they get in there they run their game and pay one months rent and then milk a few months free and then move and do it again.

is it to "Hide" ownership?

This does not stop anyone from doing business, it only stops many from hiding where the funding is comming from, like back in the old carteel days where business were used to launder money.

If you close a deal, you have several years to look over your shoulder.You have a choice, you can start in the real estate business in an ethical, lawful and compliant manner, seeking to become a real estate professional or you can begin and conduct your business in much the same way as a drug dealer does trying to hide your deals and ignoring laws.

Hide your identity from a tenant, making them less likely to sue you.3.

Yeah, when someone asked me at a networking event about how I created my letters, I tried not to give out too much information, so afterwards I felt pretty bad about it but at the same time I felt like I gave away my "secrets", but after reading everyone's comments I feel more confident that I shouldn't hide everything.

They put new carpet and linoleum on all the floors, covering up potentially nice hard wood floors and/or hiding whatever problems are under there.