How to get real estate data without access to MLS?

[Scott Zockoll]

Hello everyone,

I am a very new to real estate. I am currently reading through J Scott's book on Flipping Houses. I am wanting to gather some data for some of the following areas:

• Price rations between distress and retail houses
• The real estate supply in the area (How many months it would take to clear the market)
• How to find out if houses are actually being sold (I am want to make sure 60% of them are being

Is it possible to gather this data myself without having access to MLS? I do not have a real estate license. I am willing to get one, but I am still very early on in the learning real estate. Is this even possible?

Thank you for your time,

- Scott