The oversized living & dining rooms are ideal for entertaining.

If you choose to go that route, then ideally, you'll want a consultant to come in and test (to prove that the problem is/isn't isolated to the area with the obvious mold), and you may even want them to write a "scope of work" to complete the remediation (mold tear out language).  

Ideally, I'd want to cut them in on the deal to align everyone's incentives. 

Ideally, you'd build up savings to eventually cover 6 months to a year of your annual budget.   

(this would be ideal considering his low interest rate)This would be strictly an investment property for me and I would obviously let him live in the home for the remainder of his life.

I mean flexible down payment not whether it's non-refundable, ideally I'd like 3.5% but if they squirm I'll take half of that.

When an owner calls you 6 months after a payout and wants to know why $67.94 was pulled from rent (I say this because this is an actual call that I received), you want to be able to pull the file that has the invoice and ideally, have it uploaded into a property management system like Buildium for owners to find. 

I know that answering your question with a question isn’t ideal, but people tend to save for a specific reason.

I am looking for advice and know-how and ideally, a partner who would allow me contribute but what I can (familiar with rehabbing and project management) while learning the ropes on the investment side.I am eager coachable and on fire to change lives.

@Kristina XieNew Your is an example of a primary market which are NOT ideal for cashflow investing.