In order for the deal to work for me as an investment, I would need to convert some of the living space into bedrooms.

You saw some videos on it and some folks are making a killing on ostrich milk so you are going to try it out with the hopes of eventually moving to a better farming method.

If this were the case, though, I would probably convert my house to more of a standard long-term rental and go through the process of getting rid of furniture, etc.

@Maxwell Kaplan when picking an agent, make sure you’re comfortable enough that you can eventually “break up” with the agent and still have the friend/cousin etc. 

Anyone know of any good resources or books on finding adaptive reuse properties (I.e. vacant warehouses, etc.) that to be converted to apartments/office/retail?

Second plumber eventually went on roof and found an appropriate size cleanout (it was covered) and got it cleared within an hour. 

I'm in negotiation on a duplex which was converted from a 2 bed 1 bath each unit to 4 bed 1 bath so total the duplex has 8 bedrooms and 2 baths (1820 sq ft). 

Eventually, you'll get good enough to keep a "pulse" on what the rents are just by looking at where a house is and how many beds, baths, and schools. 

Also, I had crappy pictures for the rooms, so I replaced the light bulbs with bright white 800 lumens flood lights and staged the rooms a little bit and took new, better pics and that seemed to help boost interest enough to get more people to come out to the open house which eventually lead to me getting the two new tenants in place.    

You'll eventually get there.