I've read several books, listen to several podcasts, but the market analysis question seems to be answered vaguely (research growth, rent comparables, job opportunities, etc) Am I making it more complicated?

Other than reading lots of books and listening to podcasts I have had no formal training in dealing with analysis and am doing well just with the biggerpockets calculator.

Well, people needn't listen to you or me.

A quick bit of advice; it's important to learn as much as you can but it's very easy to just get stuck reading and listening to podcasts and what not. 

Hi @Dave Meyer, im a huge fan of you guys. im i truck driver and listen to bigger pockets during my 14 hour shift. real estate changed my life.  

Take a listen to BP Podcast #83 where I share some of our landlording strategies and tips.

If you do this you'll have a huge pile of money that will allow you to pursue whatever strategy you want very quickly.If I had to do it all over again, I would buy a personal residence as soon as I could, probably house hack, then buy a new personal residence as soon as I had the money for another down payment then turning the old house into a long term rental.If you're just starting I'd also recommend listening to the Bigger Pockets and Real Estate Rookie Podcasts.

Someone recently told me, and I think there is a lot of truth to this, if they hear the same information from a trusted person who is not you, they will take it to heart, become interested and listen and learn.

Happy to help with some referrals if you need any.Also, a great resource I learned a lot about BRRRR is by listening to free audiobooks about the subject.  

This conduct, in my view, is not something to brag about.Scott, First I'm a huge fan, read your first book many times beginning to end and referred to all my nephews and anyone who would listen.