I am a newbie still looking for that first deal due to the fact that I have a hard time shutting off the analytical side of my brain which keeps me scared of getting into something that I don't know enough about.

From your description it sounds to me like a casual read, much like reading a book on Henry Ford or Eli Whitney or other successful people, probably not the text used as the curricula for a business class at the Chicago School of Business or Harvard..Moving to the level where our OP is striving to attain I'd say he needs to concentrate more to graduate level classes, analytical studies, modeling, market testing, analytical finance and economics.

Hello,I am completely new to RE Investing... but have a strong analytical background (I am an accountant).

I wouldn't get too analytical with the numbers at this point..

I very much have an analytical mind so hopefully I won't suffer from analysis paralysis;-) We're in a good spot now with my wife's former house renting out in Asheville NC.

I have been lurking in the background; reading, studying, and making analytical excel spreadsheets from the info provided here and decided I needed to join so I can learn more and give back to the bigger pockets community. 

But get beyond your comfort zone of the analytics and talk to brokers, etc.

And because it's ugly it doesn't allow me to employ stupidity analytics in terms of buying just to buy.

Just curiousWe ended up using Twilio for the analytic phone numbers.

Rick Shaffner, who is one of the most diligent and analytical numbers guys I have ever met, went over the Cape Coral/Fort Myers lots mark.