>>I'm returning a count of possible conflicts. So, in all cases I would like to get the integer value but the conditions are different depending on type (and we have about 8 different types).
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>Then, it is just a matter of creating a property in your class, and initializing it based on the client class various conditions, and using only one LINQ line in your code with the property in it.

I don't understand you now. What do you mean here? What kind of property?