Newbie who is looking forward to REI

[Jerry Weber]

I recently made the choice to enter the world of REI. I'm very excited and feel confident about my future in it, but I'm not quire sure where to begin. Since I just recently started doing research online and of course signing up here at biggerpockets, I'm coming across a ton of info very quickly as I'm sure you experienced investors recall when you first started out.

I'm understanding the concepts of most of the different types of investing, but I'm still rather confused with some of the terms and numbers that I'm seeing.  I'm sure that will start to become more clear over time.

My situation is this though, I work full time so that keeps me rather busy.  And while I do have good credit I also have more debt right now than I should.  I have been making progress on that though and expect big strides to be made this year.  

With that said should I pick a niche or two and just get started anyway or should I give myself more time researching and working on debts?