I use quicken and enter all categorized data the beginning of each month.

I'm also working on a Google Data Analyst certification to bring in some extra income while I'm home with our 19-month-old daughter.I'm still pretty new to this, though, and I'm not sure where to start or if I'm on the right track.

Here's a few things that help me: For macro industry trends, I like the STR Data Lab podcast by AirDNA and Jamie Lane. 

Let me know if you want to get connected with data and resources in the area. 

Firstly I apologize that I do not have any market insights data specifically, but Houston has been a rough market as valuations have pulled back.

Even though I skipped the tenant input and invitation screen, the system still sent out messages after I later entered email address in the tenant data profile.Do other property management platforms operate in autopilot?

You don't provide enough data to know.Every product is only worth what you are willing to pay for it. 

Data suggests that both of these places have been on a decline for years.

That being said, its probably still worth looking at the data at those prices

Check out this recent rental report from Zumper ranking cities in the US with the highest rents. https://www.zumper.com/blog/rental-price-data/ Welcome to BP - do you work exclusively with investors as a broker or is it just a good portion of your clientele?