I'm in Texas Thank you  Run background, no felonies, credit not less than 580, no evictions last 5 years, income 3x or so of the rent 

I feel with my Engineering and MBA background, this is something that really suits my skill-set and something I can sink my teeth into.

I have no background in real estate but a burning desire to generate passive income. 

because I have never used an online background check service like smart move I assumed that the process online would be virtually identical to the paper process that typical tenant would go through when renting any property.

Just make sure when getting tenants to do proper background screening so you don't end up with a bad tenant not paying the rent.There is not much spread looking at the numbers you have mentioned and you might hit a loss if you try to fix and sell the house asap.I hope you get your issues be resolved soon.

I've also got a background in the biological sciences.

I ran the Transunion SmartMove background check with credit report, criminal history, and eviction report and it came back clean, but had to reject two other applicants after their SmartMove scores came back low for low credit scores and numerous pre-eviction filings at local courts.  

Background in building and owned prop mgmt company.

My background is in technology (first as a programmer and now as manager) and my wife's background is in finance and accounting.  

They were a little young, but both were college-educated, well-spoken and very confident they would pass the background and income verification check.