Quickly analyzing deals

[Josh Lyons]

How do you quickly get reliable comps (rent rates, comparable sales in the area) if you don't have access to the MLS? Of course, you could get them from your realtor, but that would slow down the process especially if you're trying to analyze many deals as properties come across your desk. I know rent rates can be got from places such as rentometer and comps could be gathered from 3rd party sites like Realtor.com, but are those reliable enough to actually use when analyzing deals? In short, how you get reliable comps to analyze properties if you don't have MLS access? Thanks