yep, first of all you have to get a good electricity price and/or solar panels which can power your mining operation... If you have those, go for ASIC, if you don't you can still go for ASIC HOSTING providers, if you dont mind having your asic hosted on the other site of the world potentionally and if you find a reliable provider 
You have given a good path but I thought that if someone tells us, we will understand the matter faster because as long as we are watching, you can give us enough information about it, so I think it is a great improvement. But you have also done a good job of guiding us and this will give us enough information and the thread that is there will also raise many questions which will open up more avenues.