These options would still keep your costs down while offering practical benefits that could attract a larger demographic of renters.Starting with one of these simpler conversions also gives you the flexibility to explore more ambitious plans down the road once you have a better understanding of the property's potential and your own budget constraints.Hope this helps clarify the options.

Maybe you should consider selling your SFHs as some have suggested and trying one larger multi family with a full time property manager who will give you month end statements and end of year reports to give to your accountant at tax time.

One pitfall can be using Hard / Private Money to stretch into larger deals.

My property manager then sent another technician who said the gutters need to be cleaned and recommended installing leaf guards around the entire duplex, along with larger downspouts and overflow guards, for a total of $3,013.

Like the one whose dog was ripping apart my house and during the lease she refused to constrain her “beast”

But if it's much larger than that, maybe you consider selling and doing a 1031.

If you're looking for larger commercial multifamily (5+ units) then you may have better luck on the commercial sites, crexi and loopnet.

I like leveraging money when in appreciating markets because of the ability to see much larger returns on your money invested. 

You're taking on the bulk of the work and management responsibilities, which justifies a larger share.

When the landlord lies and says I have 12 dogs and it's a lease violation, that's an unfair eviction.