Use the search function to search the forums and blog posts first for information on the market(s) you're interested in.

A friend had a company come in and they wanted to do a bunch of narrower (but functional) cabinets-it was a lot more expensive to do the smaller ones.

And yes, it's been both rewarding and challenging to live in a home with a rotating cast of renters.

Because seven million of them already exist on BP, and if the poster took 15 minutes to use the magical search function, they can get their answers. 

Not sure if you are ripe for an EB5 type raise as well, but might look into that, depending on how many staff/jobs you plan to create.I don't know if you can alter the vision or modify it, but you might also consider rotating your theme each weekend/week of the month to have a wider audience. 

Or is it more a function of longevity and building up direct bookings over years and years?

Think it is too small to grab it and may turn into some type of functional obsolescence if you make it a bedroom then someone (or other people) will have to make it into something else.

Some of the younger mindset functions out of a get rich quick bitcoin mindset.

I believe you can do a conventional cash out refi with your ownership interest functioning as the down payment.

I see many people starting out in the industry with very unrealistic expectations that drive them to take action, which is completely normal and that’s how most humans function.