E.g. iLevel (if running a fund), or the Yardi / ResMan platform (not very nice from an IR perspective, also minimal data analytics)The above are just a few of the items you will need (and might be already using). 

Although I'm new to real estate I'm hoping that my analytical skills and creative problem solving experience can be leveraged successfully in this arena, especially with respect to buy-and-hold deals for income replacement. 

On the other, my research will likely be less accurate than a professional companies (considering I do not have an education in analytics), which could lead to potential losses greater than purchasing professional research.

I’m typically too analytical in hopes of reducing my risk so I tend to stick to only doing what the experts or books suggest.

Contrary to many "analytical types" I would rather fix something myself, than have someone else do it.

It’s one thing to read an analytical book about flipping houses and another thing to hear the cold hard truth from people doing it.

It's more on the left brain analytical side of things. 

And my analytical brain loved the numbers associated with the projects. 

It’s a statistical measure of analytics.  

The pricier packages give you more access to analytics, reports, comps, etc., but at the moment I'm leaning heavily toward Costar just because they're THE name in this space.