It should return basic economic and demographic data but rental data, SFR data per zip codes is a pretty niche area of the internet.Big proptech data companies have some of that but it’s sparse.

As you get bigger, and it doesn’t have to be Wall Street big, you can sell to some smaller insurance companies.

I am self employed and run a trucking company so I write off my income to pay as little tax as possible.

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

@Diana Villalon I came across a company in Austin that is printing houses recently... they're doing a project in Mexico and Austin.

Most property management companies will offer to place tenants for you for half of the first month's rent, so going forward if you decide you don't want to do this yourself that is one task you can hire out.If you want to know more, this is a great article that explains how to decline an application and has a sample rejection letter:https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/resources/screenin...

I signed up with one of the bigger companies managing rentals in the area and my property went on the market late December.

I am not local and need a good property management company to help me out.  

I can't see where you are but I'd love to have a conversation with you on questions that you should be asking, when interviewing a PM company.

But the difference is with a REIT, you own shares in a company holding many assets, and they are liquid.