Unfortunately, it is manual data entry, but honestly - I would not trust any automated system on this. 

Can you please share this data?

I do like VRBO as a platform and their guests "Get it" I don't have any data to back it up, but VRBO guests tend to be cleaners, easier to work with, and more respectful! 

If you study inflation rate from Government data the last 50 years or so and take out the outliers ( years of hyper inflation like now and years of negative inflation you get an average).

In southern California, most MLSs have a data share in place - what this means is that you can list on any one of them and appear on all of them.

@Trevor Matern personally I look at LTR as safer and STR as more risky but I don't have a lot of experience long term with STR, nor do I have data to show what happens if there's a downturn

No debt and live with fam in north jersey. i am not interested in NJ investing as this state wont ever cash flow unless some basement rental or off market deal that is very good. my options i see is either the following1. buy in PA to HH then move back home to fam and repeat the process slowly buying single with adu or duplex per year putting down 10% down2. move to NC/TN a place i never been to but according to the data is nice and growing, hitting all the right points for growth.

Among the factors you could consider if you're looking for appreciation:* Markets with strong net population growth (here are some Census data graphs of population by MSA)* Markets where incomes are increasing (personal income data by MSA)* Markets where there's limited new housing supply being created (you could compare monthly building permits by MSA to total households by MSA)Here's a full guide on how to analyze a market.

One of the interview questions should be to provide you with some data showing the median price of properties in the areas you're interested in over the last 3 to 5 years.

I've run data on people that invested in "cheap" states who don't live in them.