According to Airbnb data there are 2.9 million hosts on Airbnb worldwide in 2020. 14,000 new hosts are joining the platform each month in 2020 and some will fail without proper property management that competently handle their short term rental.

Since economy is strong (atleast as per govt data), FED is thinking of raising rates.  

But I don't want to keep delaying my entry into real estate investing.

I been trying to get in, possibly working for someone that's already doing this so i can learn the ropes maybe as an assistant or organizer or data entry anything. 

Is there certain metrics/data/numbers people are using to do preliminary analysis on different markets?

The NOI you will have to get from the sellers T12, rent roll, and other financial data.

Wrote this BP blog post today on a useful app for doing quick-and-dirty data visualizations and analysis (one of the visualizations is shown below), inspired by my own efforts analyzing Milford's online sales database, thought this forum might find it interesting.

This is a very expensive duplex in my market from historical data on MLS...Awesome job on your house hacking!

If cash is a barrier to entry, you could put down ~$48K to do this deal (3% down on FHA, $40K in reno on top of that).

The county data counts it as unifinished sq ft.