Kind of New to Real Estate

[Brett Allen Crisp]

Hello everyone, I'm Brett and I currently live in the Fort Worth area. Originally from Florida, I joined the military and had a great career serving my country. I am now enjoying a great post-military career in the aviation industry which was afforded by the actions I took while in the military (job selection, certifications, education, etc.).

I have rented out a SFR in Northwest Florida since 2006 (yes I bought it on the bubble in one of the hardest hit markets and am still underwater). Nevertheless, I have hung on and will keep that property forever...even though it's still upside down it still cash flows, not a lot, but definitely enough to pay for itself.

So I am now at a stage in my life where I want to take that next step and start aggressively (but wisely) build a portfolio that will secure my families future, and from the looks of this community I have came to the right place to start.   

I do confess that I have studied real estate off and on since 2006 or so, and more aggressively in the past year. All this studying and no action has me stuck in an rut, never knowing when or where to pull the trigger. So I sat down with my wife and we drew up a 12 month action plan complete with short-term goals along the way that we WILL follow through with.

I would now like to reach out to this community for advice and how to break the analysis paralysis syndrome.

Thanks,

Brett