Short Term: No, not happening. 

Welcome to BP and come on over to the Short Term Rental part of the forums.  

Which reminds me that I should mention that I’m not opposed to living a not-so-luxurious lifestyle in the short run.

I would think transient room mates on renewable short leases would be much safer than bearing the brunt of San Francisco's LTR tenant laws.

I'm trying to analyze my first property and not sure how to set it up to run the number using the calculator tools here. 2 of the units are successful Airbnb short term rentals, and the other two units are month to month rentals to existing tenants.

This plays into the affordability issues for tenants by allowing them to live in nicer neighborhoods for less money, yet I get monthly revenue comparable to short-term rentals.I have also shifted my focus to buying better.

I’ve been hearing some chatter about large hotel chains lobbying significant funds to push for regulations or outright bans on short-term rentals like Airbnb.

in my mind for short term hold and control I like it  but to buy with zero equity to me is not all that smart unless its areas that are historic high appreciation markets. 

Short Sales, Bank Owned, $/sqft, school district, days on market, etc.  

Short-term rentals are becoming oversaturated in certain markets plus anti-STR legislation is resulting in some of those properties also converting to long-term rentals.You already have the operations experience by self-managing.