Does anybody use neighborhood scout when doing online research of an area while looking for rental properties?

The majority of my stuff is what I would consider lower B in lower B neighborhoods.

I have been reading the forums trying to get a list of qualifications to use, but a person with rentals in an upscale neighborhood in CA where rents run 2500/mo. on average is going to have a completely different qualifications than someone doing working class rentals.  

(I've already begun work on spreadsheets, but finding out the specific fees and management rules for each condo/condotel is daunting and I don't want to start actually shopping until I know a lot more about each condo association).- I am totally aware of the problems with condos.

Drive around neighborhoods looking for tired homes and then look up the owner (county websites usually have this info) to see if s/he is a landlord.  

Investor you want to be meaning Passive or not, self-managing or hiring a management company, A, B C neighborhood etc The fact that everyone is telling you to do it if you can is easy when it isn't their money.  

I found a property in great neighborhood in my town that I am considering.

When I started to look there are lots of 2 acre lots for for $200-$300k in the “boonies” (2-4 miles from shops, busses, restaurants) that might work just as well.

Seems like a basic right to have privacy, especially in a C neighborhood.

When I first got started, I went driving through the neighborhoods I wanted to sell in and figured out what brokerages were most dominant in those areas.