Starting out, getting over analysis paralysis

[Bryson Lawrence]

Hi all,

I am new to the Southeast side of Michigan (formerly from the Grand Rapids and Upper Peninsula area).  My wife and I have been wanting to get into real estate investing for sometime now and after recently selling our first home where we profited just under 80k we believe we've built up the courage to dive into the investing game with rentals.  Our preference would be multi-family however we aren't at all opposed to single family residences that can cash flow.  

If there is anyone here local (or familiar) to the Howell area who would be willing to lend advice or point me in a direction to start that would be greatly appreciated!  We are currently stuck on trying to find the right property that will work for us but it seems every time we find one that we think will work it is gone by the time we are ready to jump on it.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to connecting more in future posts and forums!