Some of the national data sites have pricing suggestions that run both high and low.

The data posted to the HUD website is update for the Federal fiscal year beginning October 1 of every year.

Theres so much value that you get and the strategies taught are unique and data driven.

With your background in lease management and site selection, that could be a natural next step.Regarding STRs, I can understand the hesitation—accurate expense tracking is critical, and not having that data can make evaluating deals frustrating.

However, after tenant moved out on 9/30/24, the pool for interested tenants was shallow and so we listed the property to test the market and ended up getting an offer at asking price within a couple days.

One metric we do use when we're able to pull the data are permits pulled & what type of permits pulled in an area.

You can see this in the graph below:The graph also shows that DOM is worst in 2024 than any of the previous 6 years:(So, you are not alone in experiencing this.Now, just don't take this as a pass to not try harder to find your own solution for this problem:)Thanks for the data.

In hindsight I probably should have gotten an additional HVAC-specific inspection and tested the measurements for the actual washer/dryer space.

We have a tax accountant and financial planner that needs our data if various formats. 

If you are just downloading data room info from brokerage sites and plugging into a model, you are refining your skills on the "act", which is certainly necessary and helps make the process faster.