I'm currently playing with a few ideas and options but I had really planned on getting aggressive in about a year when I am in a better position to negotiate but if a deal comes my way now I will certainly take a swing.

I am also here in MA, our market has far to wild of swings to go all in.

As such, insure yourself up to at least your current net-worth.Understand the incentive structure of the insurance company: if you have 500K in liability insurance, and you get sued for $2M, they may just decide to pay out the 500K and let you swing.

This was all fine and dandy while I was working a rotating group shift, or even straight midnight shift (helped with the long, late-night drives home from the haunted house), but last year, I was forced to start working a 12-hour swing shift.

., we've never experience the valuation swings such as markets like Phoenix, Vegas, Boston, San Francisco, etc., where speculators could make substantial amounts of money depending on their timing.

If you try pushing your "rights" on them, they may well come back swinging with a baseball bat ,so be warned. 

Located in a golf community is a plus.Hire a manager who has a very good booking system. 

It never hurts to verify that is a good market value for rent (and they didn't just swing someone coming in and paying higher than what it should really bring in) through a CMA or something, but you should know the rent for sure ahead of time.

It may be a good time to look here as values are on the up-swing.

In your case, if you're in Costa Mesa, look to move to the Inland Empire ... or better yet, if you can swing it, move out of SoCal (Phoenix?