Charge for amenities like cable, internet, and pet fees.

Have your CPA run this scenario with your numbers; too much money to take advice from the internet!

Many of the folks I worked with back during the dawn of the internet business era have moved on, so this is a learning curve, but I’m embracing it.Partnerships are something I’m open to, whether it’s working on your projects or collaborating on future deals.

Once they on board more European hosts, I will get more use out of it.

BP should make you a guest host!

I looked into the town of Catskill itself and what stumped me was the requirement for the host to be available within 30 min by automobile while occupied.

I find it hard to come up with reasons when the screening process is being done over the internet.

I can't believe we live under such a tyranny of internet censorship. 

You will need to find partners, you will need to travel to where you wish to invest, you will need to understand the ins and outs of the business by being actively involved and treating it like a business and not some super passive investment.If you don't want to do that work I suggest you just put that 200k into some sort of diversified mutual fund that can make you 10+% on your money without any of the work of real estate.At the end of the day this is just my advice and I'm only a stranger on the internet.

Om rrandom bit of advice: you might be able to get by with 1 high-speed internet account if you use aseries of good Wi-Fi extenders, like Eero.