What are the rules you typically abide by with buying a place with current renters?

Maybe we can arrange a meetup in a location that would be easy to get to/park for people?

Personally, I like the thought that all my investments would at least attain the "1% Rule" - which this one DOESN'T.

But there is no hard and fast rule about how long it needs to be your primary residence.

It is way too easy to throw FHA off, even in the last minutes before closing.

Add a cast iron or aluminum fence around the pool for safety and charge rent high enough to include a pool company to maintain...maybe, I do not have a rental with a pool (above is our pool) but I could see it being quite a plus if safe and easy for tenants.

Low priced homes that need minor work are not easy to come by, you have to be willing to take on a large scope of work to get the "deal"

There are a bunch of options out there that make the application process easy, and even integrate with tenant screening reports. 

Make sure that is as easy as possible for maximum showings/offers

The only thing that it could do is lower the amount you can borrow for the investment due to increasing your DTI, but 10k isn't that much. 1.9% is pretty low and should be easy to out perform the debt...