Or is the cost of adding these rooms make it not worth the resources for either addition?

BP is a great resource and I'm looking forward to reaching financial independence one day.

I have a Cole Realty Resources account the gets my home and cell phone numbers for neighborhoods.

I think it's about the most space efficient you can get, plus there are likely energy efficiency benefits(or at least utility cost improvements) compared to your current set up.

Apply your energy to learning the business and maximizing your ROI. 

My name is Ian and I've learned a lot from here and other resources.

Seems that these are often ridiculously cheap - but I'm thinking the market knows more than I do and they are cheap for a reason.Churches are often beautiful buildings in great shape, but are very awkward to convert into a SFH or apartments.Schools tend to be large projects requiring significant resources to remodel into apartments or senior facility and can be either in decent shape or quite run down.Masonic halls are often very similar to commercial buildings but usually need a lot of rehab.Also many of the bargains are in economically depressed or low/no growth areas.But still the price on these can be so low that getting positive cashflow should be easy.And there may be LIHTC (low income housing tax credits) available - anyone managed to snag any of those?

Looking for advice as far as where to start, what to read, resources that I'll need to find properties, marketing etc.

You'll find a lot of resources in this site and like-minded investors to network with.

I have all the resources in place.