After you narrow down a market and area where you want to house hack, I would then keep an eye on the MLS there and start analyzing properties to get practice.

It would also help you narrow down your markets because you would be limited to markets the providers operate in. 

While the STR idea for snowbirds is appealing, I'm starting to think the amount of money to automate (or hire a property manager) pretty much makes STR's like airbnb makes the margins quite narrow. 

Narrow down your criteria, what are your must-haves?

We narrowed it down to:- Code Violations (trying to find distressed properties)- Pre-Foreclosure (assuming landlords have some tenants who haven't been paying rent during the moratorium and don't feel like dealing with the headache anymore)Our thought process is in the current market environment, the only type of houses we will be able to wholesale will be houses that need a lot of rehab.

Mathew,When I use Rentometer, I click on the "View Pro Report" button to see what the square footage is and building type of the closest properties to my property address to see if there are any large differences and then that will help me narrow down what my rent should be. 

I think A class rentals no change other than prices rising B I suspect folks get to really narrow down applicants and pick the best.  

Do your research at length and really narrow down what market you feel comfortable investing in.

A class and D class are usually more obvious but the line between B and C can be blurry. 

Their methods get a broader and broader instead of narrower.