My I understanding is that Zillow became a brokerage and a member of the NAR, so they now have the ability to receive sold data directly from the MLS.

We're happy to share our insights and data about the market.

For reference, I am exploring class B type areas and will be using a property manager. 

Hi all, Interesting data from Bright:Demand for homes in the Philadelphia MLS market area rose 10 percent in April based on the latest Bright MLS | T3 Home Demand Index.

Originally posted by @Joe Splitrock:Your state is doing well because they followed the data instead of reacting to whatever "facts" were blowing in the wind that day.

Hi Big Pocketeers,I've been focused on a single market (several zip codes) and have done quite a bit of research. I do my due diligence and analyze as many properties as possible when they come up in the MLS for over ...

@Lynn Currie It depends on the system, for me, I was fine just taking the booking data and creating a calendar entry with the data that then fed everything downstream, however the more complex integration I did, was using iGMS as a listing aggregator then used their API to feed the booking details to Zapier and parsed it out to the calendar and other downstream pieces.   

With this combination, you can cover any financial questions with the mortgage broker and any neighborhood, data, comps, questions with the agent.As a buyer remember it costs nothing to use an agent, the cost is incurred by the seller.

Data is expensive, the software is expensive, labor is expensive.

Use Zillow and rentometer.com to get data and analyze a few from your home to see what type if returns there are.If these meet your investment criteria then start looking in person.