I am located in jacksonville in jacksonville florida and am also an avid real estate investor with more than a 30 property portfolio consisting of primarily self storage, Carwash's and eve a 400 acre hunting lodge.

I assume I can count these trips as business trips if I have the proper documentation showing what I've done at that location, and only the portion of the trip (transportation and lodging being the biggest) can be counted towards the business expense.Not asking for tax advice per se, just curious if others do this or any personal experience. thanks in advance

If the place was not habitable, then securing lodging for them at a hotel (paid by you) would have been a viable option.I'm curious.... when did their tenancy begin?

Beacon Hill lawmakers seem poised to bring the lodging tax to fruition, although the details have yet to be decided upon.

The Coke Can Multiplier seems to suggest the value of the hotel property = Number of rooms * $100,000 * Price of can of coke at on-site vending machine.I happen to be looking to buy a hotel with these numbers:# of rooms = 200;Median nightly rent (area specific median) = $109Number of days per year = 365;Occupancy rate (national average)=65%Revenue per year = 200 * 109 * 365 * .65 = $5,172,050Revenue per door = $5,172,050/200 = $25,860Estimated net profit = $478,932Hotel/Lodging industry data (see table below)median net profit margin = 9.26% median price-to-sales=2.13median price-to-earnings=29.59So if the Coke Can Multiplier were correct, it appears the hotel is worth (based on the price of coke at a nearby commercial facility): 200 rooms * $100,000 * $1 or $20,000,000.

Is there any reason I can't have 2 "Guest houses, servant quarters, or lodging facilities for caretakers or watchmen" (R-4 zoning rules I am referencing) in a single structure with separate entrances not connected to the largest unit?  

It is out of state so you incur expenses: flight, car rental, lodging, meals, etc.

I would also have to charge motel visitors the applicable lodging tax for their stay.  

@Robert J Carlson Airbnb is where you list either an entire home or private rooms for lodging.

I would have to line up weekday lodging...