You didn't mention it but hotel would be deductible as well.People always look at us funny when we are in a store checkout. 

Read the books on flipping - (BP book store) before you come here and ask more questions as you should.

It’s is much more analogous to the large department store having a premium brand running a dedicated area with their own expert staff- which is exactly what they do.Look at the various “make up” counters in any mall anchor department store.

For the carpet, do they have to move all the furniture in and out of the room?

But you should be gathering emails just from bookings that your PMS stores, then you don't have to worry about getting the kids emails etc.

They have no car, little to no furniture, a cell phone that is sometimes on and sometimes off.

The furniture packages they have are very expensive, but it supposedly adds 25% to your total bookings. 

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

I am grateful to be able to go to the grocery store and not have to look at every price tag.

And why we still wait on hold for human customer service reps, instead of being helped immediately by AI. yup i agree , even at stores they are closing self checkout because of theft everywhere.