I want to be in control of what happens with my property and my cancellation policy so I won't use Airbnb or VRBO for midterms.

The state doesn’t have rent control laws, but landlords are prohibited from collecting more than one month’s rent for security deposits.

There was also a part of that law that enacts rent control anywhere in the state, which may affect your plans.Make sure any changes you are proposing to the contract are compliant with the "new" New York State housing laws. 

Those should drive a ton of traffic to your listing.Furnished Finder is the go to for MTRs (long term rentals with a shorter stay, over 30 days).You can also use FB like @Bruce Woodruff mentioned but you will need to get everything setup to take bookings.

I probably won’t structure my next deal this way, I would rather just own the property and have more control of the project.

I think from all my years around these investments where most investors get in trouble is they simply do not realize that once they made the investment they no longer have any control. 

or perhaps a reverse build to suit where the data center operator controls the buildout and the planning etc.I've not been involved in a data center first hand but the central OH market is pretty data and warehouse heavy as far as developments go and to echo the posts here, the power requirements are wild, and the red tape to get that power to the site is often cumbersome. 

Since I am assuming you aren't a super host and don't have any or many reviews yet, you will want to underprice your competition to get some traffic and then you can tweak prices from there.  

The ones I manage total to 20 bedrooms.These rooms rent for between $125 to $225 per week depending on room size and amenities in the room (beyond basic amenities may include: Desk, Tv, private entry, tenant controlled AC, additional storage).This month after padsplit takes their 14.25% cut of the revenue I am recieving, from the units I own, $15,230 from 3 homes.

He's absolutely right that using debt to control cash flow is also creating tax free cash for expansion.