And that's part of why I decided to make this introduction.

So serious we decided it is best to leave the beautiful San Diego area for a better market.We noticed Ohio cities have really high rent ratio (we downloaded data from Zillow on rent ratio by city in the USA).

Hello,I rented my primary home for a few months before deciding to sell it.  

My question to (seasoned or fairly new) investors is, what is your criterion for what you consider an ideal investment and at what point do you decide that it isn't worth the time and effort?

Lawyers give opinions they don't decide law.

I ran the numbers through the Buy and Hold Calc and eventually decided not to make an offer on either. 

Look at each expense individually and decide what can or cannot be done.

i'm new to this and decided it was finally time to get my feet wet. thanks.

In other words, the State will decide what you can do with your property.

I have a minute to decide what I want to do I was told but going to figure out what is best.