If I roll my big black Mercedes SUV into deep East Oakland people look at me weird. 

I need some old strategies or advice on building a virtual bank or investors black-book. 

Home Depot sells a nice black metal post that has screw holes in it.

This site has a lot of great resources for people exactly in your position - filled with enthusiasm about the potential that real estate has to offer, and looking where to start.I recommend starting with the Bigger Pockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide as that will give you a lot of good advice and next steps.For networking and education I recommend the RI Real Estate Investors Group which meets twice a month (one virtual/Zoom meeting for beginners and then an in-person meeting for members), and the Black Diamond REI group in southern Mass is good as well.

This is a clear-cut black and white issue, because that's exactly what the law says it is - no matter how much people may want to create an imaginary loophole.

My apologies, I had no idea that they actually looked that similar in black and white hahaunreal

You need to have the courage to talk to them about these subjects and educate them so they don't think it's a risky black box thing.

Each circuit has two separate conductors: hot (black or a dark color) and neutral (white).

There is, however a black list of contractors disallowed but it is NOT public. 

Thanks.Hey Travis, I built in Black bull golf course in Bozeman.