One thing I will say about NOT using software for your first property however, is that you will understand the individual platforms much better by directly interacting with them, so keep that in mind as well. 

Not because they are both forms of gambling. 

My goal is to create a platform in real estate that can run autonomously without me, or with little time.

Both platforms offered a $200-ish/mo and $400-ish/mo package for my market, and both appear to provide pretty insanely detailed info, and both require an annual membership.

Zillow is a platform to sell advertising to real estate agents.

@Joshua Baker, Definitely you make a good point about retail being harder to lease these days, and I can see how building 250k of office/retail would be a big gamble.

And thank you Bigger Pockets for giving me this platform to speak, so I don’t drive my wife crazy lol.

The platform leaves a bit to be desired, but definitely fits the cheap criteria :) 

I use multiple online platforms for different things.

v=iOucwX7Z1HU&list=PL11E70446D4EC2C65&index=1.The second thing is the intelligence community running gambling sites on world events.