The people the seller should have this discussion with is the title company and or legal counsel.  

I am interested in meeting people from whom I can learn more about real estate investing. 

So, I've closed hundreds of loans for people. 

Office space is gutsy at this time with many companies working remotely, maybe part of your investment was to bet that people will be coming back to work in person.  

Another thing to add is the regulations, HOAs and Cities are imposing a lot of regulation on short-term rentals or rent by a room, I have seen some HOAs regulate the amount of people authorized to rent the property too.It requires to do a lot of due dilligence to begin with mainly in such big house. 

👇👇👇 We see people breaking the rules all the time and here on BP as well.

We have several different people lined up to clean ours depending on time of day and how much lead time we have.

Even so, most people choose to buy coverage for things even if there's a 99% chance they won't need it.  

I think people can definitely get rich quick.

One of my bizz partners sold his garbage company to waste management for 75 mil his balance sheet is a crack up.. house in Napa valley house one in Lake tahoe hunting ranch some commercial in downtown Napa. and a big huge wad in triple net munis  and zero debt.