My background is in engineering so I really dig getting into the analytical side of things and working on completing projects. 

We have the #1 analytics for setting rents, #1 tenant pools, fastest lease times.....

Dyslexia is the main reason I've been able to flip 75 properties this year, without the highly analytical skills it helped me develop I never would of been able to push to these levels.   

BTW definitely check out some of the tools available to help with forecasting, yield management, analytics for AirBNBs, here's a non-exhaustive list : http://travlpeer.com/2015/02/28/15-startups-supporting-the-short-term-rental-host/

However, for the experience and the knowledge I'd be happy to trade my IT and analytical skills.  

This 'feel' is NOT an analytical number crunching exercise. 

Before that I was on Marketing Analytics.

It has a place for some businesses, but over the top for mine and a disproportionate ROI and ROF (return on frustration) that resulted in my writing off my $25,000 investment in favor of simple.Then we could talk about analytics, but that makes my head hurt.

Because more information about market fundamentals and conditions is now available from such sources as Real Capital Analytics (RCA) and NIC MAP, the availability of information has increased investor understanding of the sector.

You can use your analytical skills in analyzing deals and analyzing markets but don't use it too much (or else you will fall into analysis - paralysis).