In my opinion, with your strong analytical background (as well as a stable job w/ base and bonuses I'm assuming), I don't feel you'll need to do any 'grunt work' for a more experienced investor to get your foot in the door.

(Seriously, it's analytics that won't put you to sleep!)

I have an analytical mindset and enjoy getting my hands dirty.

All of these  indicators analytics go right out of the window when the dollar crashes .

For the third consecutive year, a study by The Wall Street Journal and Moody’s Analytics crowns Austin the country’s hottest job market among major metro areas.In ranking the 55 metros with at least 1 million residents, the study looked at five attributes: job growth, unemployment rate, share of adults working or looking for work, change in the size of the workforce, and change in average weekly wages.

While commercial seems to be more analytical and statistical with large investment companies, the residential options allow me to go on site with buyers one-on-one.

I feel my issue could also be that as an engineer I tend to be overly analytical and I feel that could also be hindering my success.

I have a good deal of analytical/strategy experience in corporate America, and would love to apply it in any way I can to help!

You might try Sapphire Partners (sapphirepartners.com) or Despard Analytics (despardanalytics.com). 

@Eli Jackson not necessary, I think your analytics is more important.  once all your numbers make sense then you can figure out a name for your LLC and complete it