Sacramento / define B, C, and "War Zones"

[Chris Vail]

Hello BP,

As I continue to learn about REI, I have struggled with the B, C, and War Zone concepts when it comes to neigborhoods. Specificly Sacramento, Ca but also in general. For the Sacramento investors what would you say about the area between highway 50 down to 14th street and highway 99 over to Stockton blvd? Mid town and the fab fourties I believe to be "A" areas. While living in Chico, I lived in some questionable areas but only really knew they were questionable after living there for awhile and having friends say "you live where???". To me it wasnt that bad, rent was cheap and it allowed me to save money. So how does one feel out an area with out living there in order to make a judgment on what level of renter that might want to reside in your investment?

Thank you in advance for your responses.