ClearPath ADM, which stands for analytics driven marketing.  

I have access to CoStar and REIS through work, so I have excellent data analytics.  

I love all the detail insights on markets, neighborhoods  and analytical information as well as the streamlined buying/management process that Roofstock seems to provide...definitely a company i will be looking into as in the near future.

i wasnt even aware that analytics of that sort existed!

Hi guys,I’ve been doing some extensive reading and doing property analytics in Garfield park (East/West) and Hegewisch, and have been seeing a lot of investor activity in terms of rehabbed Section 8 rentals as well as conventional Fix and Flips.In the current market, is it better to acquire rentals or to start out with a Fix and Flip?

If I am being picky and overly analytical, fair enough and I will go quietly into the night - but in the interest of BP seeking continual improvement, I thought I'd put it out there.

CoStar is a provider of verified analytics and data to the commercial real estate industry.

"These markets experience a seasonal slowdown yet still offer, “relatively high Effective Gross Yield (EGY) potential for investors, giving them an opportunity to "buy low and rent high,” notes Alex Villacorta, Executive Vice President of Analytics at HouseCanary who led the team that compiled the report.House Canary’s Investor Opportunity Rankings show the following EGY for those five markets; Cleveland: 13.0%, Detroit:10.8%, Columbus:10.9%, Indianapolis: 12.1% and Pittsburgh:12.3%"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenparis/2017/12/26/2018s-hot-rental-property-markets-in-cold-climates-for-investment-consideration-in-q1/#1956721b5811

Do you really like dealing with people or are you more analytical? 

Do you prefer to be more passive or active, more in control or less, hands on with a hammer or not, good with people and negotiating or not, good staring at numbers for hours or not, etc. etc.”Personally, I do not use business cards and that is because I have yet to find myself in a situation where I would need to pass out a business card and if I do, I still have my W-2 job that is still very much a part of me and actually a job I treasure as it has helped shape me into the person I am today.Should someone need to get a hold of me, I can give them my W-2 business card, or simply swap numbers right there as I hate carrying additional paper on me and in this digital age, you will find that more and more people are using hard copy documentation, less and less.It just seems to me to be an unnecessary expense.I suppose it would matter if you were a wholesaler or into a niche that required it, but for me as a buy and hold, I go cheap and I stick to phones.My market also dictates to some extent what I choose to invest in.I do not have a website and/or business cards because living in Denver and primarily dealing with Gen X and/or Gen Y (Millennials), none of these groups, and especially the later, care to be carry around your business card.Anyway that’s just me on the whole business card deal.As far as investment strategy, I “ABSOLUTELY” love the way these gentlemen have explained it above.Personally, I love control.I thrive on it and have always wanted to be my own boss.It is for this reason that I actually self-manage all my rentals and plan on doing so for as long as I can.I am also very analytical, organized and a little of a thinker, constantly building systems and tools to make life easier.Because of that, I find that self-managing is something I do fairly easily.It didn’t always used to be like that.It is a skill I have developed and continue to develop over time.I also find that I want to scale quicker so for me the focus is multi-families not single families.Additionally, I prefer smaller not large multi families.So 12 maybe 16 unit max as I am also looking to provide a certain kind of home that the larger type multi families I feel will not be able to get me there.Anyway, great thread and thanks for all the input as it helps the rest of us learn too.Oh, just like Brian, I could never be a wholesaler.My passion is in the active, control, with some hands on DIY, staring at systems kinda thing.Cheers!