I'm not sure we are at a peak yet, but the data clearly shows that more homes are bing flipped now than before as far as number of houses. 

Does anyone have a way to search for recently "removed" rental listings in an area? Or how does everyone find rental comps? I feel like current listings are a good start but would like to search an area for recently r...

Is there maybe a website or a place in which I could utilize to build out this data base?

@Dan Olin MLS has strict data sharing rules...so over eager agents may be violating local board rules by giving you MLS data...it's good to take a quick check.

I do a lot of data analytics currently and am really proficient at interacting with big data so I wanted to bring those skills to find deals, hence the name of the post: Data-Driven Deal Discovery.Getting the Data: So where I looped my skills in was with the Philadelphia Properties database.

I compare data there too.

Obviously, getting the quantitative data is really important, but it is also important to meet the tenants and see what they are like in-person.

I've seen would be investors compiling data and analyzing spreadsheets for a year or more and still never do anything.

Your data seems to support the fact that there is very little available locally within my price range.

So you might want to stretch out your search criteria.Try one of the Listware services of Melissa Data.