I agree, but in this case, historical trends don't matter.

It will not replace humans in any shape or form, opendoor tried it, listing spark tried it, they are the two worst companies to deal with. 

If it is trending up, that could be a sign.

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

Residential subdivisions, while potentially less complex, can be hit-or-miss depending on local housing trends and the cost of infrastructure development. 

I’m currently in the research phase for obtaining my first property, and I am looking to gain insight on market trends, investment strategies, and project management.

With just these numbers to go on, if I felt the neighborhood is solid/trending up and not down and assuming your rent projection is realistic, I'd buy it. 

Even if you don't use their dynamic pricing tool, al least it has decent data for you to get a better overview of the market, your compset and market trends.

In playing with the numbers a bit, I'm seeing a trend of atleast 2% rent to price and (ideally) < 7% mortgage rate needed to achieve a decent cash on cash rate.

Unfortunately, I see a growing trend of a lot of service members renting their homes at break even rates or at losses.