Very respectfully,Jensen Escobar CCIM Institute offers commercial real estate courses online that provide a base for an analytical approach to real property valuation.  

They're requesting information from real estate investors on how this can be best accomplished with the following goals in mind: * reduce the REO portfolios of the Enterprises and FHA in a cost-effective manner; * reduce average loan loss severities to the Enterprises and FHA relative to individual distressed property sales; * address property repair and rehabilitation needs; * respond to economic and real estate conditions in specific geographies; * assist in neighborhood and home price stabilization efforts; and * suggest analytic approaches to determine the appropriate disposition strategy for individual properties, whether sale, rental, or, in certain instances, demolition.

Google analytics provides much of the data we use.

Things like the smart vents from Keen Home (http://www.keenhome.io/smart-vent), predictive analytics applied to energy consumption in commercial buildings, etc.

Your cap rate comparison is a great analytical tool for first pass comparisons.

IMHO.Check VRVOs analytics... the number of reviews/guests counts more than the average rating to some extent.

I'm really curious to know.I think the idea of dominating a neighborhood is outdated with the Internet and available analytics now. 

For example they may have been an expert in marketing or negotiating, a top performer, an accountant, a broker, a professor, very analytical (which always came natural), expert flippers, I could go on and on..

Your management company should use an analytical model that adds credit, income, job stability, and other factors to determine an applicant’s financial situation.You want to ensure that the tenant earns sufficient money to pay the rent, and that they don’t have a history of not paying their bills or significant debts.

I closely watch my website stats and analytics.