Some may be hot leads in your area some may not.

Personally for me the closest I get to using Big data is looking at the different ways companies are packaging the information on mortgage origination reports, I like to see how investors are buying on the debt side to make the numbers work.

Probably paid too much initially but market is growing and is still hot.

So the lender we have said that my cousin Mel is topped off at about 300k with around 5.75% on the FHA side.

There is still some opportunity north side of Chicago but definitely opportunity south side and south suburbs. 

Again, this is what I need to learn: The Flipper’s Profit (how much the flipper wants to make on the flip)Repair Costs (how much it costs to fix up)Fixed Costs (how much the deal is going to cost the flipper, including holding costs and transaction costs on both sides of the deal)

Read posts on this site from three years ago forecasting how Denver's market was too hot and was sure to crash. 

My plan was to do a house hack and live on one side while renting out and airbnb'ing the other side.

@Ned CareyHi Ned, I get your point.But in a hot market which is rising you do not always get a choice.

You are buying in a hot market, so I wouldn’t bank on much appreciation.Clovis is a good neighborhood, so you’ll find pretty good tenants.