Plus, I get to experience all kind of great people, food and culture in the meanwhile. 

Fortunately the rules have been "modernized," which is kind of a rich NLP technique if you ask me. 

I am actually kind of astonished by this.

If anyone else in this group is also in my same category and waiting for their home update kindly let me know so we can go together on this. 

Appreciation kind of lags compared to other places further east in northern Alabama.

So if your investing that full $200,000 getting that kind of return and you currently have almost no monthly expenses I would advise you to double down on what your doing and let it ride for as long as you can.

Thank you for your kind and inspiring words.

What kind of auction?

If anything explain that there is a fee on top of a lifetime charge (which on its own is kind of weird), but okay. 

I have heard of cabin / mountain market STR operators doing some kind of hiking package, or way to connect a guest to a private tour guide for an "upcharge" which gives the hike tour guide an income and the STR operator a nice upcharge too.