Wow!! And thank you!!!!! I will look for TurboTax to prompt me to enter these deductions when I get to the deductions tab with charitable donations etc. And I'll only enter durable things, not stuff like repainting.
I've put the money into stocks, because it's a lot of money to leave sitting in cash, but it's in its own bank account, not mixed with any other money. Is that ok or did I mess things up big time by putting it into stocks? And do I have to sell those stocks to pay for upgrades so it's really directly obvious, or is it ok if I just keep a spreadsheet but sometimes my husband writes the check from a different account? Yikes this is complicated...
