Pulling data to determine the market?

[Brady Alford]

Hello all,

Is there an easy way to pull data on cities to verify that it is a good flipping market?  In other words, to see what price point investors are buying distressed properties at and what price point they are reselling for?

I know J Scott mentions in his book of the criteria of good flipping markets, but I'm looking for the actual methods to find this data. I do not have access to the MLS

Thanks in advance