Even though I'm on an income driven repayment play it doesn't matter.

Do you guys think using data on a tape will find motivated sellers to mail to. 

It is using historical data to realize the certainty of equity increase.  

There will always be a market for a hipster looking to save a few bucks to invest in their extra curricular substance activities :)     If you really believe supply could surpass demand simply reach out to the university. they have the data available as to how much student housing is available in a geographic area around the university.  

It was quite a scramble to get all the data, but I had another hour before the post office closed

The purchase price is driven by the home owner market not a rental market.

I'm just getting my feet wet and I think that quantitative data could help in making a smart buying decision.

I don't know why Ray left RealtyShares, but my take on AlphaFlow is that they've (correctly) identified that there's going to be tremendous competition at the platform level (as each competes against the other for customers and deals, driving down margins), and that an aggregation play is a less crowded space in the market that also allows them to capture lots of data about dealflow and performance across the market.

If you decide to weigh in on this please let me know if you have actually tested this or are just giving your opinion (not that I don't value one's opinion but am looking for empirical data). 

Their reports will give you some indication on what a market is like.Next step I would do is simply visit homeaway,vrbo,airbnb and go through their regions and start compiling data you gather on each region.What Are People Charging?