I am new to real estate but looking to dive in deep. 

If you listen to the BP podcast, you may be familiar with the "Deep Dive". 

If I get deep into a deal, I analyze it further, including physical condition, full financial analysis, etc...

But as a business investment...you are not allowed to over pay (I mean you can if you want but your business won't function for very long).So we look for properties in disrepair, buy at a deep discount, renovate them, refinance, and repeat...or the BRRR strategy using a Bigger Pockets term.Hope this helps in some way but feel free to tag me with any other questions.

It can be hard to stay 100% objective when you're deep in it.

Will keep you posted on that, as we aren't neck deep into it yet.

I would laser focus you attention on one area, to cast a wide net like that its going to be hard unless you have crazy deep pockets.

Regardless of how much you read and research it ends up being trail and error....So in my opinion just jump into the deep end, I’d rather be swimming and struggling then watching on the sidelines wishing I was swimming. 

.  :-)  But no, I'm not on deep water. 

This is "in general" of course but 99% of the time successful investors target "off market" deals and buy them with a deep discount to renovate.