Just do the math to make sure you're still cash-positive, and pull the trigger!

That's what made me not pull the trigger in that area yet.

I'm the super cautious and slow type but I know that mastering the numbers inside and out will help me feel more comfortable in pulling the trigger when I find a good one.I've put together a deal analysis spreadsheet for a duplex purchase in my target market, Indianapolis.

But I can't pull the trigger, i'm just too conservative of an investor (and I also have a real job like yours so there's the my time factor as well). 

However, I have yet to pull the trigger on anything.Recently I have decided that I have interest in 3 main areas: Note buying, Multifamilies, and flipping.

I want to get ingrained in this community to insure that I make as few mistakes as possible when it's time to pull the trigger in a few months. 

I'm also in the infancy stage of things but looking to pull the trigger on first flip pretty soon. 

I would encourage you to do the same thing because through the process of analyzing a lot of deals, you build up wisdom about the market and about how the numbers work and eventually, it becomes much easier to pinpoint the great deals.In one of the BP podcasts Jay Papasan mentioned how him and his wife analyzed over 100 deals before they finally pulled the trigger on one (BP Podcast 113).

My suggestion to everyone is to do at least 50 hours of reading/research before pulling the trigger on anything.  

As long as you did your numbers in detail and do have a projected return of solid 10%, I don't see why you shouldn't pull the trigger.