If you'd like to see the analytics, you can go to any city's board of realtors websites and they should have very recent and relevant statistics.

Meaning, for me to live rent free with two entire floors to myself and garage, with good commute to NYC, it's a superb opportunity, but if I try to rent that large space, I'd not get much money relative to space offered. 

@Cory LucasI’m somewhat more analytical with my calculations and try to use very accurate numbers to plug into an income statement to analyze cash flow.

VRBO has built in free analytics to analyze the performance of STR properties.

If you use one of the property management systems like webselfstorage or sitelink or yardi, they will integrate the payment system with your website so you do not have to worry about building out a secure site, etc. plus they will provide the data analytics for you.

I'm tagging one of my colleagues, the VP of Growth and Analytics here at BiggerPockets, @Dave Meyer.

When looking for an investment property you do not have the same emotional ties and can be more analytical. 

I currently manage about 180 units in the DeKalb area and while the eviction process can be trying (if ever needed), having superb tenant screening processes and systems removes many of those issues.

ClearPath ADM, which stands for analytics driven marketing.  

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