For the areas, Kyle and Manor have strong renter pools, I prefer Manor if you can get a nice house there.  

Single family homes with a private pool tend to do better business than townhomes.  

I have beer and a pool table!

Tenant pool has been fine and the majority of our tenants have wanted to renew and stay on a longer term.

Based on the "minimum lot area (sq ft)" chart that I am reading here for Charlotte (http://ww.charmeck.org/Plannin...) on Page 12, it appears I could turn this into a duplex as long as the minimum lot size is 16,000 Sq Ft.

Since you'll likely be working with someone else (example: maybe buying turnkey SFH's), you'd want to double-down on vetting the company you work with... instead of limiting the pool based on where they operate.

I have been looking into Palm Springs areas for 3/4 bedroom properties with pools. 

Also if anybody has any information on renting homes with a pool let me know.

After 7 months of looking at deals and feeling like we weren't making much progress, we came across a listing for a 3,000SF SFR on a quarter acre, with a pool and a detached garage, and 'enter at your own risk' as part of the listing description.

@Rob Poole Thank you for reply!