Any advice on these considerations or additional factors I should be aware of would be greatly appreciated.

As part of this process, you should look at a rental applicant’s credit report, criminal history and eviction history, verify income and call references and past landlords.

@Marci Stein I’m now starting to offer washers and dryers for an additional fee with the rent each month.

Specifically this is due to our credit scores hovering at 638 (my husband's is at 639).

In my experience, the water company will give the person paying the bill a credit for the overage caused by the leak.

Most brokers go to Spring EQ or Figure, but i'm sure there are some more aggressive banks or credit unions out there, or perhaps an 'online' bank.

Yes, spring time is best for occupancy just price it to get seller credits to cover vacancy till then.

The structure has to either already exist (we converted the garage) or you can do an addition to the property and build it out that way.One of my clients took an illegal garage conversion that was expanded into two bedrooms and used the FHA 203(k) loan to get it permitted.

We learned later that she was asking for a commission on both sides, asking an additional 18k from the landlord’s broker! 

Would love some additional information or message you if that's ok?