To get a general idea of where you would like to drive or research more you can look at statistics like median income, crime, and school ratings. 

BenAlthough having national statistics is OK and learning what the expected trends may help overall. 

Based on your statistics, you are going off of the 1% rule meaning you should be making around 150-200 a door.

what do you expect with logic like thishttps://www.governing.com/asse...But the most compelling case for rent regulation goes beyond the research and the statistics.

I would start with your own due diligence; make a list of criteria that will equate to a good area to invest, then find places through your own statistical and verifiable research that fit that criteria.

Does the town put out any demographics or statistics on the amount of people who own homes, rent homes, graduate high school.

Make sure you get the correct data, learn the lingo, learn the market trends and statistics, and then have conversations with multiple agents.

Can anyone tell me how accurate the crime data maps are? Is this a useful tool for deciding on which side of the city to purchase? Especially if this will be a live-in house hack where I will be living for the first y...

Did they act boldly and pick up some great deals?  

I'm asking where does the investor get crime statistics for specific neighborhoods in a City?