A Self-Certified permit review would likely only take a few weeks; as compared to 4-6 Months for a project which is not "Self-Certified" and needs to go through the "Standard Plan Review" process.A Zoning analysis should be performed for your property ASAP using a Plat of Survey to ensure you would be allowed to build what you want to build, and check for any potential "Setback" concerns when it comes to adding Dormers...

Far too many get stuck in the "paralysis by analysis" stage, thinking they just don't know enough to get started.

wanted to know your thoughts on this deal.  I was going to put 5 percent down of 285000 and flip and resale it for 350000 in 3 months.  Do you think I am wasting my time for this for 34k profit if I am spending clos...

Just trying to balance the learning with action so I don't freeze up with analysis paralysis.Any advice is always welcome

I have been a part of the bigger pockets community since I graduated college and have learned a lot but I have the biggest case of analysis paralysis!

.- Continual market analysis to keep your prices neither too high or too low- For software, you'll need a PMS, some system for tracking operations tasks (we use Breezeway), communications tools for internal and external (we use Slack and OpenPhone, respectively)- The decision to self manage or outsource is a very personal one.

I'm just curious, have you plugged the numbers into the Bigger Pockets rental analysis calculator? 

I'm kind of got analysis paralysis right now, trying to figure out what to do with this.

You need to do an analysis of what type of buyer is in your particular area.

One potential word of caution: I asked ChatGPT to compute the IRR of a fund based on certain criteria (which is normally alot of work), and it spit it out instantly with a ton of analysis and which all looked and sounded super impressive.