Something else to consider... You will end up having to CO2 them (think a litter of 8-10 with your snakes only eating ~3 at a certain size) and then those extras will have to go in the freezer. You may want to breed in a cycle... i.e. 1 female at a time spaced apart so that you have different sizes at different times or you can breed 1, grow to certain size, then CO2, then breed another female about 2 months before you need more feeders.
And smell is a factor. I only have 6 pet rats now and they are in large cages with a fan going (guest bedroom) and I have to change bedding once a week... if you have more rats and less space, etc. You're looking at bedding changes every 3-4 days maybe to keep it not smelly enough to tolerate sleeping in the same room. And you'll need a place to store the bedding and food. A large bag of aspen (like native earth from petfood direct) is about 3.5 feet tall x 1 foot wide and a 40lb bag of harlan teklad is about 3feet x 8". I'm using our guest bathroom tub to store my food / bedding.
Just something to think about, rats are really cool as pets as well and I plan on breeding mine in the future, but that won't happen until I have a larger more ventilated space to put them in and more snakes to feed.
You might want to see if the roomies would be OK with you storing f/t inside ziploc bags inside a hard non-transparent plastic container in the freezer.
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