I just want to know how to analyze like how to find out if the demand is high, how do you know if homes are selling fast, how to find out if demand for property in any area rising or falling or how to find out if a neighbourhood is hot or not, I've discussed with a lot of people and they recommend me to use city-data.com which is an excellent website to know about the market but even in that website I don't know what to look for like if the population is 20000 in a city is it good or not or what it should be or what should I type in google to know about a specific market or place?

I just want to know how to analyze like how to find out if the demand is high, how do you know if homes are selling fast, how to find out if demand for property in any area rising or falling or how to find out if a neighbourhood is hot or not, I've discussed with a lot of people and they recommend me to use city-data.com which is an excellent website to know about the market but even in that website I don't know what to look for like if the population is 20000 in a city is it good or not or what it should be or what should I type in google to know about a specific market or place?

I just want to know how to analyze like how to find out if the demand is high, how do you know if homes are selling fast, how to find out if demand for property in any area rising or falling or how to find out if a neighbourhood is hot or not, I've discussed with a lot of people and they recommend me to use city-data.com which is an excellent website to know about the market but even in that website I don't know what to look for like if the population is 20000 in a city is it good or not or what it should be or what should I type in google to know about a specific market or place?

My goal is roughly to have one or multiple properties, commercial or residential that can supplement my income.

It depends on the demand. 

@Minka Sha don’t forget 3 very important things. 1) your principal pay down, is probably $400-500/month.2) rent growth - PB is very desirable and rents will likely continue to go up over time 3) appreciation - coastal CA will always be in demand which will fuel appreciation You bought it with 5% down so have very little skin in the game. $1000/month loss like @Dan Heuschele calculated is tough to swallow but I’d guess you’re breaking even if you include principal pay down and appreciation.

What you should spend your time looking at are market fundamentals such as supply and demand, the strength and diversity of your local economy, and the laws and political trends that are impacting being a land lord.  

@Brian Wu from my contacts who sell turnkeys they are seeing a lot of demand coming out of the April Covid19 scare.

One problem Mass still faces is the lack of supply with reasonable demand.

demand?