One of us had a career change after purchasing, so we haven't rented out any guest rooms since 2009, but we do live in the main lodge section every summer for the past two years.

We also want to build a respite lodge for Pastors and their families.  

I would bet much of that has come from his seminars and not flipping properties in bad areas of Texas.His companies have had complaints lodged against them  over and  over again.

Its Econo Lodge chain offers lodging primarily for budget-minded travelers.

It was really nice mountain lodge type place like most up there.1.8m.

@Patrick Bavaro find a mature vacation rental market where the local municipalities are already monitizing VRs, ie via lodging taxes.

You can find the data below (this is the free reports so it's limited in drilling down).https://partners.visitnc.com/lodging-reports

The 15% lodging tax assessed to on line rentals (which realtors are exempt from) I think is the reason our in season on line performance is lower.

The city and state government are aware of the vacation rental facility and its operations and has collected monthly lodging taxes for at least 15 years (can't find any financial records before that time). 

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