How to analyze housing market before you buy (rental/flip/etc)???

[John Chung]

Hi all, I want to buy a property using the BRRRR method...out of state. (I want to buy and hold) I cannot afford to buy in my overpriced state...

How do you analyze a market to see if it will be a good place to buy? (up and coming markets that i can find a good deal or even in a hot market)

1) Is there a site i can go to that shows things like Job, population, business growth/projections.  Places that are high rental areas.

2) Are there sites that shows if area is high/low crime rates.  Good school areas etc...

3) Rental information (what is average rental rates for that area based on metrics i plug in like dollars per square foot, etc...)

4) Should i be contacting a RE agent? Wholesaler? or maybe a turnkey company (although it might be too expensive going down that path)

Sorry for the many questions...but so much to consider...and I don't want to be stuck in analysis paralysis!!!  Just looking for a logical 1,2,3 step method to start my first purchase.

Your help would be much appreciated!!!