Guides to tracking short-term-rental hours
Plain-English explainers on the records the material-participation and real-estate-professional tests call for — and how to keep them.
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How to Keep a Material Participation Log (Template + Method)
A step-by-step method for keeping a material participation log for a short-term rental — what to record, how to structure it, and a free template for the 100-hour and 750-hour tests.
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The 750-Hour Test and Real Estate Professional Status, Explained
What the 750-hour test is, how real estate professional status (REPS) works, and how to document the hours that support it with a contemporaneous log.
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The Short-Term Rental Tax Strategy and the 100-Hour Test
How the short-term rental “loophole” works, why the 100-hour material participation test is the crux, and how to track the hours that make the position defensible.
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