I was wondering how everybody goes about researching and figuring out the ideal location to invest… I have been looking around North Carolina and I am thinking about Brevard as a potential area to invest for short term rentals… I was wondering where you get your data from?

I went down the rabbit hole starting with my bank, then American Express, then First Data and finally Card Connect.

Well this is what the last 10 years of data looks like in the 5 counties I operate inAs you can see it's been trending upward substantially.

I am quite familiar with these areas, and have gone through the rental data for each.

(Data source: Stacker) Over the past year commercial sales price in the area for properties over $450K has gone up 7.4%. 

Perhaps you'd like to see an Annual Property Operating Data sheet. 

Good luck, underwriters don’t think like that.You’re better off getting a DSCR loan from one of the lenders that will use Airdna data for the income side.

No solid data, just what I’ve heard.

I've done a bunch of deal analyses and have created some spreadsheets that I'm really proud of to help me out (which I find data, spreadsheets, and coding SO fun).All this being said, it's quite overwhelming to pick a starting place!

I dont have anything to add other than this is some of the best feedback on a BP post I have seen in some time.. seems like data that your corroborating.