However, what do you compare the asking price to, if zestimates etc. are considered worthless AND without having to fork out over $100/ month for access to software to then have to do an even more complex statistical analysis to determine that average price?

What are some of the formulas or stats that investors should look at regarding RE (I.e. GRM, ROI, Cash on cash, NOI, etc.)?In which cases should you apply these formulas (I.e. flipping, rentals, turkeys, vacancies, et...

According to the most recent MLS Market Stats home-buyers in Tucson paid, on average, 97.95% of list price for homes that closed in April. 97.5-98.0% has been holding pretty steady for quite a while, actually: which is to say in this market, statistically, if the deal is priced effectively such that it sells somebody is going to pay 98% of whatever it's being listed for.A lot of investors want to come in and immediately negotiate a "minimum 20% discount" as part of their buying criteria.

Take lots of general math, bookkeeping, statistics, and finance courses, so you can work the numbers for proposed deals and learn how to compare properties.

According to one statistic there is a fire every 88 second in the US.

Unless they are laying on the ground rolling around in the wet RoudnUp, they won't get any in their system at all.Your tenant should be much more worried about skin cancer, which the risks statistically increase at higher elevations.

Moreover when you look at state and city regulations, taxes, land lording laws and the over all (not picking sides but blue states are statistically speaking harder to operate in) democratic areas which means that the tax burden on the investor will only increase over time. 

My borrower profile is a 15 page PDF which has personal information, local market statistics, past deals done by the numbers, and before and after photos of my flips.

I am an out of state  buy and hold investor who buys in Indiana , and I just realized the Indiana Regional MLS has stopped listing crime statistics by city and neighborhood in the "community reports" section of the MLS listing. 

This leaves maintenance and turnover.2) In Scenario I (C-class), there is statistically MORE maintenance and turnover.