While I'm not brand new to real estate, I definitely have a lot to learn, which is what I'm looking for with Bigger Pockets.  

Here are a few more things to consider as you go down this path:- Ensure you can rent the rooms (not units, right?)

You definitely came to the right place to find information.  

In pretty much any case you can join a REIA with no experience,  I would definitely look at it due to the knowledge that others have, attending one has helped me a ton. 

One of my favorite real estate books when I first started was " the Wholesailing bible" and one of my favorite non real estate books is "the compound effect" both are definitely worth a read.

I wasn't sure what it meant but I just read a definition today on one.

I'll definitely check out the REI meeting on Thursday. 

Time length is definitely not double. 

Definitely start jumping into the community here and feel free to ask any questions related to Real Estate investing!

And it seems baffling there are no construction or architecture firms dedicated to the concept.There is no convention in shipping container construction, therefore every step of the process is clunky, i.e. time-consuming, i.e. expensive.This is why, I believe, it hasn't (really) worked, which is definitely not to say that it won't work.