@Lorissa0,
We also have a guest suite/apartments attached to our home. In Georgia, STRs were restricted only during the month of April, but we remained closed for the entire spring to do renovations. We raised the rates and cleaning fee, changed the minimum stay from two to seven days.
Most of our bookings were for weekends or a few days, but we have started to transition to longer term stays, because we prefer less turnover (especially during the periods we are not onsite). We now are seeing more requests from people working temporarily in the area, or moving to the area. For the winter, the minimum stay will be changed to either 14 or 21 days, and a single reservation can be no longer than 36 days (longer stays must be done in multiple reservations, e.g. a 40 day stay requires a 30 day and a 10 day reservation). If a guest were to request a multi-month stay, that would be managed from our own website, as it would no longer be a short-term rental, and Airbnb is not an appropriate platform for long-term rentals (no real security deposit collected, and they don't guarantee payment collection after the first month).
We do offer a weekly and monthly discount, and adjust it depending upon the season to account for periods of increased electricity usage. The AC and heater are heavily used during the summer and winter, and guests tend to stay inside when the outdoor temperature is uncomfortable.
We had a housemate during the time we primarily lived in St. Lucia. She was a friend who'd just gone through a divorce, and was in her mid-50s. She did housekeeping at an unacceptable level for me, but I realized that's how she took care of her stuff. She was asked to leave when we decided to list the space for STR. My experience with her taught me that some people think they are clean or good stewards of personal items, or think that it's normal for stuff to get worn down or broken, and don't think that they've behaved poorly. I keep this in mind when hosting.