Advanced guides
Taxes, structures and the edges of the rules.
These are the guides where the details decide the outcome and a mistake is expensive. Read them to know the right questions, then take those questions to a CPA or an attorney who works with rental investors.
Strategies and taxes
- Cost segregation for rental property
A cost segregation study moves part of a rental's cost from 27.5 or 39 years into 5, 7 and 15 year classes, and with 100% bonus depreciation back, into year one. Here is what it finds, what it is worth and when it is not.
- The short-term rental tax loophole
A short-term rental with short stays is not a rental activity under the passive loss rules. Run it yourself and its losses can offset your salary. Here are the exact tests, the paperwork and the traps.