I had success looking at vacant properties (Virtually driving for dollars), looking at publicly available data that no one else is looking for and specially not available in commercial software's.

The direct financing of short term rentals is developing and their are various lenders who will lend on a new STR based on Air DNA data.

The easiest and most basic way to find these types of properties is to go drive around yourself, and then use your county data to track down the owner and either call them if you can or send them a direct mailer.

Could have bought into the marketing tanking fear during Covid, but the I thought the data said otherwise so I took my shot.

Make a data driven decision! 

But don't take my word for it - this quote is from US News and World Report's data:  "Huntsville has a lower crime rate than similarly sized metro areas"

We're live in New York and Florida for testing, and going national next month.Here's the site: www.strbrain.comUse code VIP2022 to purchase a report at the same cost it is for us to pull the data from across various websites and data providers.

I know my PM let's tenants call the shots because he knows it's a better option than going through the courts.I recently met a builder/landlord couple who were incredibly good people.

I've found Rentometer.com to be accurate (as it averages historical rent data from 30+ nearby locations near your desired address.)

Commercial appraisers who do apartment buildings keep great data on their markets.