welcome Tuinisha and Nicole: You can access data on line by address on many county websites . usually start at the county auditor. start by looking on zillow in your target area.

I met a guy that humbled me.

I am getting into the game and having a hard time getting data form even some exp. investors on this.The vacancy in my area is roughly 5% (urban NJ areas).However, I use 10% for all my calcs for 4-family homes..

Until you get address information and loan data information, you are not really doing anything or talking about anything and I would consider it a waste of my time.2.

Are these "foreclosure listings" from your data base REOs that are currently for sale?

MS Excel would work for tracking the data and can update a schedule E template for you for each property.

My application of choice for the collection and study of data is Filemaker Pro.

Predictive maintenance is simply using available data to do repairs before they occur.

I'm entering this world by way of a recent obsession with the Bigger Pockets podcast while doing data entry at work, and I'm excited to join this vibrant community from up in Alaska.  

Monitoring data around how long comparable homes are taking to sell can tell you a lot about how a particular market is trending.