These are not new questions that are unique to this time in history or unique to real estate (although they are of particular relevance to real estate because of the asymmetries of information).

My wife is a real estate agent and has created a nice niche for herself helping BiggerPockets friends find STRs in the mountain areas around Boone.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookYou might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing and vacation rentals work well in CA.

ATL/fulton county has a huge population, so if your buying inheritance data for an area with a population the size of Atlanta, You will want to make sure that the matches are unique names only.   

they are a brokerage but with a unique twist on how they bring product to the buyer.. they have very robust back end I have been to their Oakland offices its quite impressive ( having been doing this for 40 years I am not easily impressed).

An unusual and witty business name will always stick in your head just lie a unique business card, logo or even a slogan.Here’s criteria...Last names start with an “R” and a “G”, location would be tri-state areas with many jobs being accepted for travel as well.

I don’t have experience in this niche, though I do in mfh.

It means that not only is it rare, it’s unique and genuine.

Private money is a very niche area that has fairly constantly changing regulations.

Dayton is a very unique place and there are area's in pretty much each local zip code that I would buy personally and areas that I would not.