To find the best places to work, specific to the manufacturing sector, SmartAsset recently analyzed data for 378 metropolitan areas.

At a very high level, I get real time data from the pricing desk every day that will tell me for for example- tier 2, 10 year term, >$6MM loan, fixed rate, 151-191 bps spread.

You could also look to work for an investor in aquisitions, data entry etc.. 

I've driven through the town twice over the years.

Realtor.com has 'median age of inventory' for major cities but not sure that helps you at all... good luck.http://www.realtor.com/data-portal/realestatestati...

Together with my wife, we are currently house hacking our first home in Brooklyn, NY but it will be some time before we get going on a true Investment Property.I work as a Real Estate Analyst for a Non-Profit company in NY so I have a few tricks when analyzing and reporting RE data.

I can see some availability data on Airbnb for long-term stays but it's hard to tell what kind of demand there is for this. 

Where can people find data? 

@Carlos Martinez- 1) if you have  no property yet and  are trying to get pre approved - and  trying to decide on a lender to use for this - you DO NOT  need to have the  credit pulled  yet  2) contact whatever lenders  you want on the same day and  provide the same  criteria  ( price / loan amt / credit score/ loan program ) and  ask  for   quotes  from them   and  any other  questions you have  3)   if any are not willing or able to  provide quotes - take them off your list  4) make a  decsion on one lender from the feedback  received and proceed with the one  lender for the  formal  pre approval and  have them pull the  formal  tro merge  credit report  and provide them with all your data ( paystubs / bank statements  / w2s  etc ....)   5) once pre approved -  begin to aggresively  house  hunt  6) when a  property is  found and you get into contract - you can  cost compare the lender  you are  pre approved with  with any  other lender and make final decision to proceed with rate lock with the lender you choose 

Rentometer is one data point for rents.