Ideally you want to live rent free, so any money you earn from a job can go into your investing "war chest".

Ideally, under 90 days, similar square footage, same beds and baths, and in the same neighborhood.

Liberals don't care for Libertarians because they can get all that with their candidates plus the increasing government intrusion they love.Libertarianism is a general ideal of both parties, but expressed in different way, which is why it wins so few elections.

I certainly havent recived any calls on my mailings. if only I had a phone number for these people, that would be ideal.

Ideally I want a purchase price of no more that 150K per home.  

Zero maintenance fees and minimal vacancy is obviously ideal and best case scenario.  

I deal with a lot of different contractors and have been building a team and not really realizing that I was doing it..

My partner and I deal directly with the seller. 

I would recommend targeting ideal neighborhoods based on likelihood of a good deal.

California is not an ideal market so I will be looking at different markets over the next few months and aim to start my next stage of investing in March / April 2015.I am new to out of state investing (and went to school at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where the motto is "learn by doing") so I want to spend a minimum of a few months in my desired market, personally building my team and portfolio.