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Posted Thursday, January 22, 2026
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- Community Property States And Married Filing Separately
- How Much Is Substantially All (Test #2)
- Material Participation- Travel Time
- Reducing Taxes
- Material Participation Audit Tests
- STR Loophole Sidebar: Spousal REPS Play
- Short-Term Rental (STR) Loophole
- Strategies For REPS
- Passive Activity Loss Limits
- Cannot Group Short-Term Rentals With Other Rentals
- Selling Your Rental Property- Passive Losses And NIIT
- Selling Your Rental Property- AMT and Foreign Taxes
- Like Kind Exchange Wrinkle With Cost Segregation
- Home Office Deduction
- Mortgage Interest Tracing
- Converting Basement, Garage Or ADU Into An STR
- Computing Average Guest Stay
- Cost Segregation Study Methods
- Why Cost Segregation Works
- Cost Segregation Pitfalls
- Retroactive Look-Back Cost Segregation Study
- Cost Segregation On Mid-Year Conversions
- Start-Up Expenses Spread Across Two Years
- Furnishings And Supplies
- Rental Property Acquisition Costs
- Getting The Rental Business Launched
- States With Extra Rental Tax Complexity
- Filing State Tax Returns With Your Rental Property
- Selling Your Rental Property- Seller Financing And Installment Sales
- Selling Your Rental Property- Hybrid Or Mixed Use
- Selling Your Rental Property- The Allocation Game
- Selling Your Rental Property- Cost Basis And Recapture
- Step 5 Restoration Guidelines (And The Wiggle)
- Step 4 Betterment, Restoration And Adaptation
- Step 3 Safe Harbor For Routine Maintenance
- Step 2 Unit Of Property Analysis
- Step 1 De Minimis Or Small Taxpayer Safe Harbor
- Accelerated Depreciation and Section 179 Deduction
- Improvement Versus Repairs
- Roth 401k Plans
- The Owners-Only 401k Plan
- Tax Savings and Tax Deferrals
- Basic Retirement Planning
- Retirement Planning Within Your Rental Property
- Selling Your Rental Property- 1031 Like-Kind Exchange
- Rental Property Tax Return Preparation
- Two 401k Plans
- Roth 401k Versus Traditional 401k Considerations
- Regulations 1.469-9(g) Election For REPS
- REPS Pitfall With Material Participation
- REPS Pitfall With Short Term Rentals
- Section 179 Or Bonus Depreciation
- Material Participation- Hours That Do Not Count
- Material Participation- Normal Operations
- Material Participation- Pre-Opening
- Material Participation Executive Summary
- Material Participation- STR Acquisition Wrinkle
- Material Participation- Selection and Acquisition
- Buying A Car For The Rental Property
- Personal Use Of Your Short-Term Rental
- Material Participation Time Logs
- Quick Reference 2026
- Paying Your Children From The Rental
- Regulations 1.469-4 Election
- What Hours Can You Count for REPS
- Passive Activity Losses Revisited For REPS
- Automobile Deductions with Rentals
- Real Estate Professional Status (REPS)
- Vacation Home Rules
- Tax Law Updates
- Converting Primary Residence To A Rental
- Material Participation- Renovations
- Book Introduction
- Shameless Self-Promotion
- State Problems With Your Rental Property
- Downsides Of Rentals In Partnerships
- Rental Is Vacant And Withdrawn From Service (Use)
- Rental Is Vacant And Temporarily Offline
- Rental Is Vacant And Idle
- Rental Is Vacant And Held For Investment Only
- Idle Versus Vacant Rental Property
- How To Materially Participate With A Property Manager
- The Overlooked SPA Material Participation Test
- Rental Property Tips, Tricks, And Hacks
- My Business Rents My Long-Term Rental
- Rental Property Tax Strategy
- Chapter 11 Frequently Asked Questions
- Repairs and Improvements Frequently Asked Questions
- Cost Segregation Cash Flow Play
- Rental Property Depreciation (revisited)
- Arbitrage Of Converting STR To Second Home
- Short-Term Rental Loophole Frequently Asked Questions
- Qualified Improvement Property (QIP)
- Material Participation in a Partnership
- Material Participation Frequently Asked Questions
- Renting Recreational Equipment Alongside Your Rental Property
- My Business Rents My Short-Term Rental
- Material Participation Time Examples
- Why Invest Into Rental Properties
- Three Types of Income
- Chapter 1 Frequently Asked Questions
- Chapter 4 Frequently Asked Questions
- Cost Segregation Study Basics
- Rental Property Tax Deductions Frequently Asked Questions
- Cost Segregation Frequently Asked Questions
- Glossary
- Chapter 7 Introduction
- Schedule C Versus Schedule E
- Capitalizing Construction Interest And Carrying Costs
- Chapter 11 Introduction
- Chapter 10 Introduction
- Common Repairs Versus Improvements Conundrums
- Splitting The Rental Property Baby
- Real Estate Professional Status Frequently Asked Questions
- Tax Court Cases for Real Estate Professional Status (REPS)
- IRS Audit Questions For Real Estate Professional Status
- Other Pitfalls With Real Estate Professional Status
- Material Participation Revisited For REPS
- Quick Preview Of Qualifying As Real Estate Professional
- Chapter 8 Introduction
- Owners Only Stuff
- Short-Term Rental Loophole Summary
- Additional Short-Term Rental Loophole Considerations
- Short-Term Rental (STR) Time Logs
- Short-Term Rental Material Participation Tests
- What Time Counts for STR Material Participation
- Pushing Your DIY Cost Seg Envelope
- Cost Segregation Summary
- Opted Out of Bonus Depreciation
- Do It Yourself Cost Segregation Study
- Cost Segregation Report Mechanics
- Chapter 6 Introduction
- IRS Can Use Material Participation Tests Against You As Well
- Chapter 5 Introduction
- Chapter 4 Introduction
- Chapter 3 Frequently Asked Questions
- Rental Property In Service Defined
- Closing Disclosure Items
- Chapter 3 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Frequently Asked Questions
- Chapter 2 Introduction
- Summary Of Rental Properties In Partnerships
- Rental Property Renovations (Rehab)
- Allocation of General Rental Expenses
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Benefits of Rental Property In Partnership Entities
- Real Estate Asset Setup On Your Tax Returns
- Quick Reference 2025
- Common Rental Property Tax Deductions
- Buying Out Your Real Estate Partner
- Material Participation Rules
- LLC Benefits For Rental Properties
- Real Estate CPAs
- Rolling Old 401k Plans or IRAs into Your Small Business 401k Plan
- Cohan Rule For Rental Property Owners
- Deductions the IRS Cannot Stand
- 185 Rental Property Tax Deductions You Cannot Take
- Real Estate Education Expenses
- Automobile Decision Tree
- Repairs Versus Improvements (revisited)
- Rental Property Repairs Safe Harbor (revisited)
- Pure LLC Holding Company Info
- Acquisition Costs (revisited)
- Rental Property Travel Deductions
- Rental Property Meals
- Rental Property Tax Deductions Themes
- Value of a Rental Property Tax Deduction
- Section 199A Rental Property Deduction
- Five Basics to Warm Up To
- Chapter Introduction
- Your Small Business As A Passive Income Activity
- Passive Income Generators (PIG)
- Changing Depreciation Between 27.5 and 39.0 Years
- Partial Asset Disposition (PAD)
- Allowed Versus Allowable Depreciation
- Moving Your Rental Property Into An LLC
- Owning A Rental Property With Others
- Trapped Rental Assets In An S Corporation
- Using A Self-Directed IRA Or 401k To Buy A Rental Property
- Charging Orders
- Fallacy Of A Nevada LLC (or Delaware, or Wyoming, or wherever!)
- Liability Protection Fallacy Of An LLC
- Real Estate Succession Planning
- Operating Agreements For Real Estate Partnerships
- Using a Trust In Your Real Estate Holding Company
- Multi-Entity Rental Property Tiered Structure
- Loans or Capital Injections
- Structuring Real Estate Deals with Angel Investors
- Economic versus Equity Interests
- Real Estate Holding Company and Operating Company
- Real Estate Investing With Family Partners
- Your Spouse As A Business Partner (Happy Happy Joy Joy)
- Pass-Through Versus Disregarded Entity Taxation
- S Corporations
- Rental Property In C Corporations
- C Corporations
- Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP) and General Partnerships (GP)
- Multi-Member Limited Liability Company (MMLLC)
- Single-Member Limited Liability Company (SMLLC)
- Sole Proprietorship
- Basic Business Entities For Real Estate Investment
- Real Estate and Rental Properties as a Business
- Quick Reference 2024
- Quick Reference 2023
- Intro Disclaimer
- Meet the Author
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