It’s one thing to read an analytical book about flipping houses and another thing to hear the cold hard truth from people doing it.

It's more on the left brain analytical side of things. 

And my analytical brain loved the numbers associated with the projects. 

It’s a statistical measure of analytics.  

The pricier packages give you more access to analytics, reports, comps, etc., but at the moment I'm leaning heavily toward Costar just because they're THE name in this space.

I have a background in real estate and data analytics so maybe I can shed a little light here.It's important to remember the context of what you are looking at.

I also have good analytical skills, and love spreadsheets and math.Looking forward to meeting fellow investors, and interesting conversations about real estate, stocks, money and everything life has to offer.Best regards, Hans

Posting for the first time on Bigger Pockets.Do not know if this is even the right forum...Background is not in real estate but in Data Analytics/Data Science - analyzing and determining patterns in large data sets (millions of rows of complex data).Interested in initially researching before actually investing.Really would like to determine the type of data that I should review to quickly determine if the local market has potential or not.

You can either go for a Business major and pair it with: Economics, Data Analytics, Computer Science or Engineering.

I had a session with one of the CS representatives of Mashvisor, real estate analytics software, and everything looks good in terms of all the data that they provide, in order to make a wise decision on where to invest, occupancy rates, cash on cash forecast and more.