It sat on 1.5 acres with lots of garden beds and trees.

Builders do this a lot to add extra potential sleeping area without having more bedrooms than septic is rated for.I have seen people put beds in the loft after closing or even close in this area to make an unofficial bedroom.Just be clear in your pictures and description and you should be fine either way.

Check it out.I am currently licensing a 12 bed RCFE in Santa Cruz, CA.

Obviously this won't work for a  5 bed but if you are just getting 1-2 roomers  check the policy.

My current portfolio includes two 3-Bed/2-Bath Single Family's in my home state.

Any pricing-related tool offered by the OTA itself (think of VRBO, booking etc) is there to ensure you are getting heads in beds at any rate possible, just to ensure they are getting paid. 

I definitely need to do more analysis in terms of comparing against other rentas in the area and ideal beds and heads count. 

Heads in beds means more revenue.

Same thing with any investor you get in bed with.With time you can work some equity into those rentals and when interest rates come down you will be in a better spot to sell a couple SFHs.   

This is for a 3 bed 1.5-2 bath house around 1500sqft.Im in Philly area