Is there any way of figuring out if there is one of those time bombs hiding before we close?  

I'm a big fan of getting lots of offers and picking the best one but I'd like to hear what you all do to protect your hides in these transactions and maintain maximum profit. 

No way to hide a 50% or more transfer of interest. 

The fact that she's hiding information tells you enough.

Many owners have a propensity to hide cash payments which lowers their NOI causing the value of the property to plummet. $5k of unrecorded income will result in a $62k loss of value at an 8% cap rate.

You couldn't hide it in an assignment.

It is your livelihood if you want to hide behind your understanding of "wholesaling".

It is way ugly dark brown splotchy pattern to hide stains, and is seen on most Craigslist photos in my rental neighborhood.If our higher end duplex needed carpet I would step up until I could get something not as ugly, but still cheaper than what I would put in my house.

It could be a way to be real about it when we're prospecting - and that way we don't have to hide what we're up to and it can stay out of a person's PM box.

It would appear that you helped them to hide money from the lender that should have gone to them just so that you could have it from renting to them.