They talk to lenders daily and will always have the latest rates and loan products. 

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in May Single-family home sales rose 2.8 percent year-over-year, with 8,346 units sold, marking the fourth consecutive month of positive sales;On a year-to-date basis, single-family home sales are 2.7 percent ahead of 2018’s record pace;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes was flat at 53 days;Total property sales increased 3.1 percent, with 9,948 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 7.8 percent to slightly more than $3 billion;The single-family home median price rose 2.4 percent to $249,993, achieving an all-time high;The single-family home average price was up 5.8 percent to $323,023 – also a record high;Single-family homes months of inventory reached a 4.2-months supply, up from 3.9 months last May and the most plentiful level since August 2017.

Count the daily leads coming in.Add the daily calls that is too much hassle for me right now to do a screenshot and blur out the names and numbers so just believe me when I say, a TON of daily free highly motivated leads... continuously!

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

I had parked in that spot almost daily unless somebody else took it.

Keep in mind the investors that are doing a large volume of deals are spending a lot of money on marketing and making offers.If your strategy is MLS you need to look for properties that are vacant and been on the market for a long time, have had several price reduction’s or one big reduction then make a cash offer as is with a quick close.

I've been using them almost daily to analyze properties in my area and if not for the calculators I probably wouldn't have even considered some of the properties because they looked too expensive or needed too much work.

@Jeremy HesterProbably depends on the size and volume of money you are collecting.

Yes there are some out there, but you know what, most realtors who have them, have already shopped that property at that price to their volume buyers. 

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.