They have lots of demographic data that is helpful in evaluating an area.Lake Olympia  http://www.city-data.com/zips/77479.htmlSienna Plantation http://www.city-data.com/zips/77459.html1)  Before all these nice housing developments moved in, Missouri City was a somewhat low income area.  

IE under 50k and under 5k or next to free. so when you have a wholesaler buy a home for 5k and flip it for 10k that skewes the data.. there are literally thousands of those homes avalaible .. other areas you just simply do not have the product to flip

@Brian BurkeWhile it's true that there's no way to tell what a lot of the dynamics will be in the future, we do have factual data as it relates to today.

Hey guys I'm from the rhode island/ New England area and was wondering does anyone know how you would go about finding graphs, charts and any type of data that can show marketing trends for real estate in my area..Thanks in advance guys and gals 

Combine this data w/data on average property costs per neighborhood & you should be able to narrow down where & if you can cash flow given your price point & expected mortgage note.   

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Even experienced professionals that have all their historical data in place and their real estate radar running 24/7 are having trouble finding deals.

(An example of one would be PeopleWise which uses LexisNexis data.) 

Definitely learn how to find and read public recorded data for your county (counties).