Most people who invest internationally invest in short-term rentals and, unsurprisingly, that's what Mark is asking about.

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.

There are multiple ways to invest in RE: single family, multi-family,  long term rentals, mid-term rentals, short-term rentals, rent by the room, commercial, co-ownership, syndications (I personally won't do syndications) etc. 

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

@Jon Martin  I agree and in short term its just not worth what you will get in reviews for something like this. 

--------------------------------------Context:-My wife and I file taxes jointly and own 4 long term rentals in NJ and 3 rentals in FL (1 long term, 2 short/medium term).

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.

It seems to me though your short term objective is to get the HOA to take immediate action on the roof.

Short Answer is yes, via interest tracing rules. 

The Short Term ShowThe Short Term Rental Management ShowThe Short Term Shop all day long.