@James Carlson, I appreciate your response! You touched on my exact struggle in this instance. It's funny because it resonates with my approach to things. I've been in a leadership course where the instructor described me as "Ready, Fire, Aim" right off the bat. This is a good thing to me and has led to great success. I'm all about taking action, reflecting in short bursts, and adapting on the go. I firmly believe in the power of small learning initiatives for rapid growth and better outcomes. If there's a failure, I believe in failing fast and learning from it. Another thing about me is that when I dive into something, it quickly becomes an obsession.
I'm quite self-aware, and these traits are both my strengths and struggles, which is why I'm here. Between work-related travel, relocating 1000 miles across the country, buying one home and selling another, I'm looking at a probable wait of 2-3 months. Just the process of searching for my new primary residence has ignited what might soon become an addiction, and I'm itching to get started. After countless thoughts, I felt compelled to take action, hence my post here.
I don't really have a specific question; I learn best by doing. I can research endlessly, but until I'm actually in the thick of it, I tend to question everything. Right now, I find myself bouncing between analyzing short-term rentals, then long-term rentals, and then creating financial projections, only to come face-to-face with reality (how accurate are my projections, and are my expenses underestimated or overestimated?). Sometimes, I feel like I'm wasting time with financial projections, especially when a minor adjustment can drastically change the outcome due to compounding effects. I'm eager to focus, but I don't think I'll achieve that until I simply move forward with something. I am trying to fill a gap between today and when my obsession can start :)
Oh, and did I mention I'm a veteran with PTSD (resulting in hyper brain activity) that has leds to sleep disorders, and I already had OCD to top it off? :)
Adding to the mix, I have no idea what the current market is like. Every property I looked at for my primary residence had multiple offers within the first 48 hours. Eventually, I got to know someone who knows someone who had a house and worked an offer prior to it going on the market. I assume, like everything, there are still good deals to be had, but that uncertainty drives me to explore both in-market and out-of-market options. I don't like feeling like a squirrel, but without action, it all drives me crazy. I can be a bit of a gambler, and I'm accustomed to just pulling the trigger and either succeeding or learning from empirical data, but I feel like I'm handcuffed for the near future.
In any case, I'm just here to dump some of my crazy into the world and see what conversations spark up. I happen to be one of the best at what I do for a living. I fully recognize that's true because of the people I surround myself with. I was told as a child that to become the smartest person in the room, you have to know that everyone else in any given room knows something you don't, and you just need to identify what that is. Rinse and repeat. Again, thanks for the reply (@Theresa Holl, too), and I'm happy to be stepping into a community!
