You subscribe to them and they will provide you with the same data that realtor or appraiser would see (also very different than what is on zillow since you just see the "sold" price).  

The Median house price, for the recent NEFAR data Nov 2018 is $225,000. 30 year rates are about %0.75 higher than this time last year. 

You can find cheap data entry experts on Upwork or Fiverr who can do the work for you in a short time.

I would imagine PA will look to collect on tax sales just like at sheriff sales.

If you were going to analyze an area cold, say moving from never have visited to purchasing a commercial property, what are some of the tools you'd use to determine various data, such as; DemographicsWho is moving there?

So we bought a fixer, improved it, moved and instead of selling, we rented the last one out, and by this slower method we collected rental doors.  

I pulled comparable rent data from rentometer.com.

I pulled comparable rent data from rentometer.com.

With that being said, if you get a strong tenant that has a good customer base you will be able to just sit back and collect checks every month with little interaction.

If I can close for the right price and what I have been running my models on; I would essentially be paying a smart portion of my mortgage (after I collect from roommates) which is WAY cheaper than my rent in downtown Nashville at my apartment.