The best way to judge whether a person has black money or is wealthy is to check the condition of his or her house. people with plenty of money can afford to renovate their house often. Renovation of a house can be very expensive , especially if the house is very big. Only those who have a few lakh rupees or thousands of dollars to spare can afford to renovate the house. Those whose income will be less, just sufficient for daily expenses like food, travel, utility bills, clothes and hobbies , will not be able to spend much money on renovating their house.

Increasingly small business owners working online in India have very little extra money to spare due to persecution of powerful officials who hate them , while those working in government offices and large companies often have plenty of extra money, as they get a salary, and bribes from people for additional services or favors. The additional money earned will be used by these officials to make their house extremely posh