But I also know that this is somewhat of a semantic distinction since I have other friends who continually lend out their capital to strangers who they put through their own "underwriting" process.

Although they didn't say that - I got that distinct feeling.  

I try to make the distinction between a property manager and a property management company. 

I would like to gauge interest in a Brooklyn meeting, since Brooklyn real estate is booming right now, and it's quite a distinct market from Manhattan.  

As the industry confuses, mixes, and interchanges the two distinctly different home types frequently, I do as well.

That’s why I made a distinction by saying most are incompetent and of little help to “ investors” .in my little experience  Realtors are great if your looking a single family  dream home for your family to live in .. but  my thing was from an investors vantage point there are other ways and it would do the poster well to use a variety of methods on his own instead of relying on a commission based system 

@Bonnie Low Rural vs middle of nowhere is a good distinction.

It's a minor difference but an important distinction

Because each market is different and adjustments are based on the each distinct market.

I'm not sure... as Baltimore has such distinct neighborhoods that abut each other.Your point is well taken about the different building styles.