I want to read a report on a local market that is auto-generated that can show me how many houses have sold this year, which ones are most popular (beds, baths, age), and possibly best neighborhoods.

It's not the popular opinion by old schoolers, but the math wins.

That type of construction is very popular on large commercial jobs. 

I would add in things that are popular in REI, but obscure to the “normal” world to test just how experienced in real estate they are.

You can avoid massive headaches and costly mistakes through some of the advice and experience on here, there’s plenty of pitfalls we made that you can avoid by reading and asking questions.Cleveland is one of the best turnkey market and the most popular for investors because of high rental demand and low cost of entry, property prices are pretty inexpensive here.

Every market is different so what is popular and working in my market may be totally different in yours.

Flips are very popular here as well.

Example: Texas (pop. 27.4 million) has a population 27 time larger than Rhode Island (pop. 1.05 million) but if you compare the population density of Texas (101.2 persons per sq/mile) to Rhode Island (1017 persons per sq/mile) then Texas has a ton of room to expand whereas Rhodes Island has very little....ergo, they should see larger price increases for popular places to live in RI...assuming supply doesn't keep up.As of today, the average cost of a home in Texas is $195,000. 

I'm not saying that will be you, but Denver is still a VERY popular place to live and many people are still moving here.Your best bet is to house hack, and have your roommates pay your mortgage and then some.

This is a popular question here on BP discussed many times over.