Rent said property on Airbnb bc short term profits are more than long-term leases.

Why not just hire a local real estate agent to handle leasing? 

Giving them a laundry list of items will typically just overwhelm them and create more confusion instead of giving them a smaller step process to get more confidence to get the ball rolling and then they can get into the weeds on their state when they get the contractors out there, have local bids come in, and dial in their plan. 

Current lease has size limits for both but it's time to reconsider- are size limits enough or scratch them all together?

You can get an ok idea of what houses you're considering might be renting for (at least from a 'listed' price point) to guage how much you may be able to lease yours for.4.

It's difficult to see how a tenant will be after screened and signing a lease.

Are you going to negotiate inspection items, contingencies etc.

They perhaps can build cheaper than you can, finance cheaper, operate cheaper and to get it leased up, offer things like 1-2-3 months free rent. 

The greatest control point is before that first lease.

We're also able to evaluate our rates, and keep pace with inflation, on a monthly and quarterly basis because of shorter term leases.