I saw the potential that the owner was not harnessing.

I see that I could go on HAR, Zillow, Redfin, etc and see what is currently listed for rent or already has rented, but I wanted to go deeper to see % of rentals vs sold(by neighborhood, zip, etc) and even demographic information as well.

HARS PASS.

Found on HAR MLS.

I’m doing  several analyses each day from MLS listings and rentals posted on Zillow and HAR just to start familiarizing myself with the analytical process.

When I was doing flips, before going to multifamily, I'd do a search for all homes under $50k in area 16 via HAR. 

I’ve been looking at HAR at the following 3 set ups -1) multifamily - this would be ideal as we’d have our separate unit to use when we’re there and can rent out the others.

Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.http://www.har.com/content/mls/?

I was able to have someone access the HAR database for me and get me the names and addresses. 

No this is not a true real restating investing book, but it discusses harnessing creativity in the workplace.