Market Choice - Market Analysis Resources/Data accumulation?

[Jason Mendoza]

I have a choice that had been a portion of what is keeping me from jumping into full investment.  

I have since found a path forward and will be moving on this soon, however I am still interested in this topic. 

When beginning, or choosing a new market, what resources are used by seasoned investors to determine suitability of a market?

Some useful resources I have come across thus far:

Cromford Report - Phoenix area (overall real estate market, specific for PHX area)

bls.gov (economic information in general)

http://www.city-data.com/ (more economic/general information)

www.trulia.com (crime, schools, etc.)

Are there paid sites/reports that can be found to compare overall markets bullet by bullet for a period of time and over time?

rent trends, population movement trends, population change trends, job change trends, pay trends, crime trends, etc.

All of interest to me...

I know it takes time and research to get this stuff done...but is there a resource out there that might make it easier (at a cost, or otherwise)?

Happy Friday!