I simply ask them "If you had money to invest, would you invest on this block?"

But stray to far to the North or to the East by a block or two, and you are out of the ‘strike’ zone for higher values and into an area that is still suffering.Because every neighborhood can be it’s own little micro real estate market, has the market recovered in your little part of the world?

The 7 federally protected classes are race, color national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap(disability).

I think the whole discussion and the color of your glasses is largely a function of where you invest and the personal risk tolerance you have because of your personal situation.

I have already been testing the waters with this, just by contacting Agents and seeing how responsive they are...none have passed THAT test with even close to flying colors.

The only dye test I know about is putting food coloring into the tank of the toilet to see if it leaks.

I pay my guy $500 for 1000 letters, $275 for 1000 printed, color letters w/ signature (blue) $420 for 1000 stamps, $40 for 1000 envelopes and $30 for a professional Return Address Stamp total being $1265 for 1000 letters mailed to my direct target.

Block from a large Frisbee golf park. $350/mo.Bam.

Mortgage bankers, who sell to the secondary, "blocking loans" work under many constraints in order to deliver a block.

It includes things like kitchen cabinets, flooring, wall tile, fixtures, appliances, color, etc.