I figure the whole teach a man to fish metaphor hits here and I'd rather learn some market analysis than jump on here and constantly ask if the market I'm looking into is good

Any metaphorical hand-holding through the process would be greatly appreciated.

Also, your metaphor made me chuckle out loud haha.

I am just trying to say .. go search for them as well .. know on there doors (metaphor) you know who the peps are ..

And, not to belabor the investing metaphor, but disregarding out-of-state turnkey because there are sketchy providers that try to nickle and dime people out of their returns is like refusing to invest in mutual funds because you got stuck with a non-fiduciary financial advisor who screwed you.

Why are you keeping your money in a (metaphorical or physical) mattress? 

Well here's how to "fish" (hmm, that metaphor is really appliccable!

Hi Christopher   I like the metaphors mentioned previously and they seem to help.

Its that tool in a tool box metaphor.

To use a fishing metaphor, your letter is bait.