I never was able to coordinate a consistent quarterly meeting for planning, I never knew who to contact because they have multiple levels of their workers and people were constantly moving in and out of the organization.  

I still think that the appreciation question boils down to the "Do people with options want to live here?"

You have to tell people if a toy is broken, missing pieces, or might explode when played with.

However, he has 2 people interested right now.

I would also be a hard no; I don't subsidize other people's investments.

A lot of people tend to overcomplicate it.

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another. 

But wanted to ask here what other people have done or if you have any ideas.

Tell people your policies, send them via email when they start the screening process, and send them again with your denial.

Some similar phone numbers and such to other short term companies that other people said were scams.