Ok I have some more data.

So while i dont have a tremendous amount of experience I can approach investors with a binder of historical data demonstrating success in managing townhomes in this area, and that my projected numbers are backed by historical numbers with similar properties.Second is relationships, the stronger the relationship the more comfortable someone will be investing with you.

I get out on my motorcycle often, explore the woods, mountains, ocean and love to snowboard, mt. bike, and race go karts.Any direction down the right path would be appreciated and I hope to be able to share what I am learning along the way and pay it forward. 

Even with the little bit of exploring I have done so far has opened up my mind to some ideas I might look into pursuing. 

I would gather the data for residential sales, pending sales and homes on the market for sale.

As Kyle mentioned, City-Data is a great site.

@Cailyn Aune, I didn't, by any means try to discourage you from using data.

The consensus seems to be that you can get a lot of the information by exploring Bigger Pockets offerings such as downloads and podcasts, plus reading posts and asking questions.

From this data, you can utilize a website that will give you a breakdown of the percentage of homes that sold, in various price ranges, for a given zip code.

I bet if you data mined BP you could use this site as a trend predictor.