With Courthouse Direct you sign up, then can access data by entering enter street number, street name and state.

All you need to focus on is data entry. ( Entering in the daily transactions that you do during your days work.)

Anyone that tells you they have a certain ratio are basing that number on yesterday or today expenses not on the full life of the property. 40% would be good, depending on the type of property, 50% is the statistical average based on tens of thousands of properties over many decades of collecting data. 

I am still on the fence as to whether I want to continue to invest here or just save up for when I move to a market that is more rounded and less dependent on the current state of the oil industry.In case you want to check out the crime stats for yourself to see what sort of issues arise and where, Wichita Falls' Police Department mapped their crime data to:http://communitycrimemap.com/

I have been processing data on income rates and housing mediums in the area but wanted to reach out to anyone on here that may have some experience in the area.

You could however get MLS access to view data as an assistant in NY. 

I have been looking into Wholesaling real estate and have come to a QUICK CONCLUSION, these people who are selling books, post cards and other money driven gimmicks are NOT giving you your money's worth! 

NaDean Bowles That's exactly what I was thinking, but I couldn't get any solid data on DTI for an area either.  

I service Chicagoland and Surrounding South Suburbs any market data you're looking for I can provide.