And now you are trying to police the tenants' use of who is using the washers/dryers.And if they're in-unit, you are now paying for the water for their relatives to come over and use their washers.And if you try to charge them an additional fee if they put in their own washers, they will try to hide them. 

Would you want to do a new property condition report when their furniture is possibly hiding damage?

Unless you are trying to hide the neighbors mess, I wouldn't install a fence.

There is nothing to hide as the screening process a landlord sets is extremely subjective.

If they are unwilling to show you the bank statements they are obviously hiding something. 

Yeah, it definitely sounds like a way to increase your risk and hide the fact that you're actually just applying more money towards your outstanding debt per paycheck.Seems to be a long scheme that still trips up investors through shoddy math.I'd love to see them try it though.

There is a key override on the locks too so maybe you can hide a key somewhere on the property just in case it is ever needed?

However, they lived there long enough, I recovered more than my initial investment.i don't hide the fees, and surprise tenants with them, I am very upfront and emphasize them.

Once you're in a place that knows the truth, you'll feel so much better mentally and emotionally because you won't feel like you always have to be on guard about hiding something. 

Finding something during the credit and background check that had not already been revealed to us is rare, but when it does happen, it is usually because the applicant was intentionally trying to hide something from us... thinking we might not actually run credit and background checks or check references.