If the answer to this question is lodged somewhere in those books or a previous post of yours, please defer me there. 

Big Cedar Lodge, is a huge draw to Branson and they announced recently a multi-billion $ new hotel coming (this is both a pro and a con for STR's in my opinion). 

Brown was terminated upon her initiation of the smear campaign and lodging her accusations that the system and its participants are a "scam".

I was thinking we could put a new house on the property and either STR it or set up something like a hunting lodge. 

Shouldn’t the lodging tax and the cleaning fees be paid by the renter?

Interestingly, they've recently negotiated a re-purchase price with us IF we bring new funding to the table.The rehab is required for several reasons: (a) correct the damage the bank has allowed to happen to the property improvements these past few years (known problems include completely destroyed pool makeover; wild animals living inside the residence; flooring missing in sections of the rec center building; destruction of the decorative main entry gate mechanism; lots of dead landscaping; as well as latent defects not known to us such as working plumbing, HVAC & water services) AND (b) expansion & upgrading of the accommodations (converting the private residence to a 2-story lodge with the restaurant/bar, reception/check-in, movie room, public restrooms, gym/sauna/steam room/massage therapy room; enlarged pool & deck area with climate-controlled cover for year round use; conversion of former restaurant/bar building to a general store selling venue collectibles & wearables, selected pre-packaged foods, sundries, RV & camping items, bagged ice & a propane refill station; construction of a free-standing event center; free-standing cabins; enlarged & upgraded RV park with its own small restroom/coin-op laundry building; outdoor activity areas; new landscaping & fencing; new parking area & entry drives (personal car & RVs).We know our target audience having created and operated the former version of this resort for almost years creating an initial membership base numbering about 1,100. 

I should not have to show them this.We had maximum lottery entries meaning that we could show the STR was operating legally (occupancy dates, rates, taxes paid, etc) at least 5 years (ours was operational 23 years) and had no significant complaints lodged against the unit (not sure if they had such records so I suspect everyone automatically met this criteria). 

I live in Colorado and would like to purchase my first rental here, but it seems too risky with all of the upcoming restrictions and potential quadrupling of lodging taxes.Seems like commercial taxation of Colorado STRs might be amended pretty heavily.

They have to cover their lodging , eating out , and travel time in addition to any other expenses . 

The wife is a softy so they have been put up in 5 BR of lodging since last Saturday (5 BR for 8 nights).