You can also identify a city-owned lot through this map and work to incorporate it into a real estate deal with the traditional grant programs serving as a portion of the funding.

Are you in the early research phase, or have you already identified some promising areas?

My company uses ShowMojo Self guided showings ... you can customize it to ask several questions and then it gets a copy of their drivers license to identify that they are who they say that they are.

Whether intent is there or not, you will be accused of redlining if you spin "red yellow green" or similar color coded market maps to identify places to invest or move.  

Ive identified a few key cities that have lots of room to grow but just wanted to hear from an investors stand point about my market.  

Once we get past the fact that, on an even playing field, the HELOC strategy wins out, people need to crunch their own numbers, research what kind of rates are out there, do their due diligence on the risks, and then identify if the strategy is for them. 

From there I told her I was working with the drug task force to shut down the illicit activity in the area and I would personally give her a $500 reward if she identified any of my units that were dealing dope!

I can't tell you how many properties have units easily convertible from 1 bedroom to 2 bedroom units, units with favorable dimensional standards which can boost rents with no photos to showcase these attributes, assessment square footage that is not correct,  upgrades not identified in the marketing materials etc.

I don't think there's any way for an attorney to identify partial owners.

What key indicators would you recommend for identifying these promising neighborhoods?