First, you have rents that are as close to guaranteed as possible.  2nd, the tenants do have to qualify for your "published" standards. 

@Tamera Means depending on sq footage and quality of finishes you're looking at 100-150k all in.

I just signed a subscription for a new property in March without incident. re: rate consistency in section 6.1 “The quality of the experience is based on a variety of factors such as calendar accuracy, Host response times and booking acceptance, rate consistency,”

High-quality finishes and construction can increase the ROI. 

Meals may be 50% deductible if tied to business discussions, and if you drive, you could deduct the mileage at the standard rate.

How much you net is going to depend on how much you put down (and the quality of the rental). 

Also we “Pruned” our assets and moved up in quality and future embedded development profit.  

Keep your time focused on what matters-- quality investments.

I'd love to get info/opinions on whether there is a "standard" amount of time to increase rents in the Bay Area for Single Family Homes.How do property management companies/landlords handle rent increases for existing renters? 

I explain they will have difficulty  Renting a quality unit, that I will ding their credit, that I will attempt to garnish their future income to recover what they owe.