These are some characteristics common to these guys that a list broker can use to build a buyer list for you: investors with multiple properties, people who purchased with Quit Claim Deeds and those who purchased from a distressed seller situation.

There are individual characteristics such as knowledge of the each strategy, knowledge of market, determination, ability to find deals, create teams, personal finances and ability to obtain loans and fund deals.

I am a new Real Estate agent and am researching many different areas of the profession so I can determine where my characteristics/traits can be best utilized to become successful.

It is the characteristics that a company has during a transition period from good to great.

Such plans are simply a different configuration to allow that underlying IRA to be invested differently, but all other characteristics of the IRA remain the same.A LLC is not required with any IRA to make it self-directed. 

The cheapest "flip" jobs I've seen and are usually in bad areas or have very difficult features to get around (unsightly neighboring houses, weird additions, next to busy roads).

;characteristics of building: stick-build, {structural} masonry,  number of stories, nature of foundation, basement/crawspace , type of roof, etc.

What city characteristics do you look for or is it strictly cashflow numbers? 

I am extremely choosy about exactly how much work I want to do, where my property is located specifically, and many other characteristics of my investments.

Its not used because, and at least from my limit experience, I've never come across two investment that had such similar characteristic that I needed to get that level of precision in my measurement.