How do you properly research rental markets?

[Douglas Gratz]

Good morning,

So the last two threads I created had to do with how to make the numbers work in A/B class neighborhoods.  A few people mentioned the research side of things, supply and demand, job growth, new business in the area , new roads, etc etc.

My question is then, how do you find the answers to these questions.  Are there any good analytics programs out there for RE?