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    Water

    Do you all charge for bottles of water? What kind of mark up if so? I don't want to nickel and dime guests but need to figure out drinking water.
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    Update after 2 months....

    Wow..... Took over the Inn at 93% occupancy for 6 straight weeks just my wife and I. Only 8 rooms but had us running 7 days a week and always ON as you all know. Season is just starting to slow so we can actually take a breath. Only 3 guests here now and we are going for a hike today! Stumbles...
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    baked goods

    Allare very helpful much appreciated! We do a continental breakfast and are looking at Sams for bagels and breads for daily eating. Do you guys have any other good advice for a lesser $$ money way or any tips?
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    Septic

    Do any of you run on Septic? If so how often do you get it pumped (I know depends on size) and cost? Inn is 8 bedrooms.
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    HELP.....

    Closing on our Inn tomorrow and we were tallying future reservations done on-line. We see 220 nights reserved from tomorrow on but the owner is saying only 5% have prepaid.m They use think reservations and this is a 28k swing in closing monies. I can't seem to believe only 5% pre pay before...
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    property insurance on Inn

    Any advice on Insurance carriers? 8 rooms in Maine.
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    Liquor license

    Do many of you have a liquor license? I'm looking at a wine and beer license and wanted to know thoughts on the group. Revenue stream?
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    Commercial loan (SBA) or residential

    Appraiser is telling us its commercial the property is listed both residential and commercial. Not zoned commercial, but I would rather get a 2nd home loan. Loan already approved for residential. Did you buy your Inn's or B&B'S as commercial or residential. We will be living onsite as well.
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    Music on the deck

    My deck is fairly large and the focal point of the Inn. People gather to watch the ocean and night the sunsets, my parents in their early 70's love the peace and quiet. My wife and I younger 30/40 like to hear some quiet music in the background so its not strange to actually talk. Thoughts Music...
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    Tax advantages

    Any tax write off or tips from any new laws from president? Or old laws that is good to look into.
  11. M

    Room cleaning

    Do you guys clean every day? How often if people stay a couple nights?
  12. M

    Inn purchase

    Closing in 20 day's and getting the monies from future reservations. The challenge is they ran it loose so book keeping is poor. I'm going thru online reservations and manually adding from closing date on for the one lump sum at closing. Anyone else ever had to do this? Seems like all the work...
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    Occupancy

    What do the OTA's charge as an average %?
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    Occupancy

    What do the OTA's charge as an average %?
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