So far besides a few books and a burning desire I am a complete novice to this.

Why ask: Live interaction provides an opportunity to gain immediate answers to burning questions and allows you to learn from experts in real-time.

Let's break down a realistic timeline for building your REI business without burning out or risking your day job.  

They've probably been burned before. 

.: I'm taking a break from buying and my previous approach of analyzing deals in inexpensive markets, looking at hundreds of properties on Zillow and running the numbers, which I spent hours each on each day and became really burned out.

Prior to clean up make an inventory even if burned.  

So shift your expectations to most of the cash out and you'll be good and you'll actually start buying deals, versus people who wait for the perfect deal, spin their wheels for 6 months terminating contracts/analyzing hundreds of places, and then eventually burn out and give up. 

I finished all the degree requirements only to discover I was extremely burned out and had to complete another year of electives to satisfy a minimum number of credits at that university.

Even if buying a property Subto in GA and you live in FL, you could miss something and the whole deal does a "crash and burn".

Your comment does bias me slightly in favor of Indy, since at least we're talking about a manageable car ride.That said, I'd love to know the biggest mistakes you've seen - how do neophytes typically "crash and burn?"