@Kevin Auyong I don't have the data to back this hunch up....

After about 10 years of investing I had a bunch of good data and so analyzed my different investments to look for the traits of my most successful properties vs my less successful. 

I truly believe that great agents are valuable for anyone; however, with the barrier to entry in the industry so low the "average" is pulled down quite a bit.

It all depends on how the county inputs the data.

And Sunoco has the worst safety record of all pipeline operators who report data to PHMSA. https://www.middletowncoalition.org/blog and https://www.facebook.com/DelChescoUnited/ 

Using data from the BPS, investors can get an idea of the supply and demand dynamics within their market.

I have heard that it is hard to get accurate lien info nationwide and to be careful when trusting data from providers claiming accurate tax lien and divorce data nation wide?

I'm just wondering if renting out a 4br/2.5ba for $1000 is realistic in a small town of 2500 people (but who are 15min from Lumberton, NC w/ 20k pop, and an hour from Florence SC and Fayetteville NC).Fairmont data seems 16% vacancy rate *overall* (which includes unsold properties on the market).There's no Rentometer data, it seems.

Also, if you haven’t identified a property in Cumming yet, maybe you can find one with a basement that has an exterior entry to let the basement be your STR and the main living area being a LTR.

In Tarrant County, the data that can be used to construct a Tax Delinquent list is offered for free by the "Tax Assessor-Collector".