Pros: Directly on the lake, Kayaks supplied, water shoes/life jackets supplied, nice laundry room, great fully stocked kitchen, new power reclining couches in living room with USB charger ports on the sides, large dining room table, fire pit, AC on first floor, lily pad off dock, less than 30 min to Mackinaw City, master bedroom large enough for us & toddler bed that we brought, grill worked great, home owner responded to texts very quickly, very clean house overall, comfortable beds - firm & relatively new
Cons: No AC on second floor (particularly rough in back bedroom), strong smell of sulfur in water supply, only one bathroom on second floor where 3 of 4 bedrooms are located, hard to access lake for swimming/lily pad (no ladder on main dock), very muddy bottom lake (must use water shoes), very very rural area so internet is poor (no live streaming), only 2 channels on TV available, cell phone reception spotty, Walmart main grocery shopping (not a great Walmart - barely stocked shelves), deck needed power washing/cleaning from trees dropping pods/leaves
A couple decent restaurants in Cheboygan - Mulligans, Alices for “greasy spoon” type breakfast, Pier M33, 2 different ice cream shops (one is a DQ)
Bring your own wireless booster hot spot if internet is important. Being there over 4th of July, neighbors had tons of fireworks and there was a “boat parade” on the 4th (also a parade in town). Best part of trip was visiting Mackinac Island for the day. The backyard lawn was a great place to relax minus the bugs - tons of bugs in general (mosquitos). Saw a turtle, ducks, deer, chipmunks, much wildlife. One interesting thing, the time of year we went, it was light outside from roughly 5:30AM to 10PM. Went over to Aloha State Park one day to seek a sandy area to enter water, folks were very nice but unfortunately there were exterior shells of May Fly remains all in the water so swimming there was not so great. Nearby horseback riding stable was shut down and out of business.
Overall, some of the cons the owner couldn’t control, I understand that, but expectations were not properly set for some of the items. We are a technology forward family typically so the lack thereof and the lack of AC on the main sleeping floor were detractors for us. Depending on what you are looking for, this could be a great vacation spot otherwise.