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. 

There is this stigma of poor housekeeping associated with bedbug infestations, but due to these varied means of infiltration that  stigma has now been disproven (although poor housekeeping will allow for the infestation to have more hiding places).There is really no way to be 100% certain of the source.

But, one couple also told me that another tenant, supposedly, hides 5 cats in her apartment that are "feral," so she doesn't consider them to belong to her.But, I'm curious as to whether or not any of you landlords have had issues with feral cats and other feral animals being fed by tenants, as far as damage or noise - or as an excuse for the tenant to say they don't have an official pet (or too many pets) - because they are "only" feeding feral animals?

I'm assuming it is to hide nail holes, dents, etc.