Never had a problem with people allowing me to stop by unless they're trying to hide something. 

Were they left by the last tenant, and hiding in the walls? 

You are dealing with a criminal who is probably good at hiding his money or spending it! 

But you know that already, which is why you went to work to find selective data and crop out as much as possible to hide fact...... 

Let me share the HOWFree MethodGo to zillow in your marketLook for recent sold properties.Check to see if the are fix and flips by the pictures.Go to public records in your market and look up the seller of the flipped property. use open corporates to look up LLC infoCheck for member name and mailing address (Smart investors like myself hide LLC ownership many don't)Use a skip trace service to look up Owner of LLCCall them build rapport (talk about the flip they just did)Using this method you will find cash buyers in your market and you will know what areas, type of houses, and what they pay. 

Don't make it difficult or appearance of hiding something.

I'm so happy you believe in sharing knowledge and not hiding best practices!

They didn’t like it because it wasn’t really a legitimate work-around, they called it a more creative way of hiding the deed transfer.

It is easy to hide behind neighborhood  statistics to mask poor management. 

Don't try to hide stuff from your partners.