They generally get their data from the public records, which are often not updated in real time.  

And from the podcasts I've heard others say another good idea would be to work with property managers to get a feel for what landlording is like.My current job is with an online construction publication that started out as a temp job doing simple data entry, and I recently went full time.

% of the people data you posted or is that from Gary`s BS file?

@Joe Fairless data shows Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec to be slower months of demand (interest).

Historical data shows that as wealth disparigies increase there is a greater chance of unrest and turmoil.

Actually from living in Deltona and now this area there are several similarities in the general town development that I have seen.Daytona or Orlando may be your nearest REIA, I haven't checked for Deltona but know Orlando is the closest to here.Deltona and Palm Bay both grew very quickly residentially but lagged significantly for the commercial development and relied on nearby cities for most of their jobs and industry.Both have been picking up in the commercial development and as such I believe they will be great locations for investing, but with the note of caution that certain pockets of the towns will lag in value and thorough analysis should be performed for any opportunity.

Heres how we've been doing the analysis:Get key data points on the neighborhood of each row (property).

I agree that with out cash flow you might as well buy some stocks and hope they grow in value.

The information I've got from fellow members has been invaluable.

We buy/hold and rent out our SFR/Duplexes/Multifamily Properties.We use 'Classes' for our 'Customers' (Tenants) to help separate and sort the data.