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STR Tax & Investment Guide

Expert answers for short-term rental tax records, Airbnb deductions, material participation, depreciation, and CPA-ready rental property exports.

Rental income and Schedule E reporting

Airbnb deductions, receipts, and audit records

Material participation and REPS hour support

Cost segregation, depreciation, and CPA handoff

Revestor workflows

Connect each tax question to the record system behind it.

The Learn library explains the tax and operating concepts. Revestor is the product layer that keeps the receipts, property files, hour logs, depreciation support, and CPA exports organized.

AI Receipt Scanning

AI Receipt Scanning for Rental Property Taxes

Use Revestor to scan rental property receipts, organize expense evidence, and prepare cleaner CPA-ready tax records for landlords and STR hosts.

REPS & Material Participation

REPS Hour Tracking and Material Participation Logs

Track REPS hours, material participation tasks, property context, and supporting evidence with Revestor for CPA-review-ready rental records.

CPA-Ready Export

CPA-Ready Rental Property Tax Export

Create CPA-ready rental property export packages with transactions, receipts, documents, REPS logs, and tax-year summaries using Revestor.

Cost Segregation Records

Cost Segregation and Depreciation Record Tracking

Organize cost segregation reports, depreciation context, and STR property records in Revestor for cleaner CPA review and tax-year support.

Tax Fundamentals

Tax Fundamentals

Foundational tax answers for hosts who need the filing mechanics right before they optimize anything.

Tax Fundamentals

How is Short-Term Rental Income Taxed?

The baseline federal tax treatment for Airbnb and vacation-rental income, including when Schedule E turns into Schedule C.

Tax Fundamentals

What is the 14-Day Airbnb Tax Loophole?

How Section 280A(g) works when you rent a personal residence for fewer than 15 days during the year.

Tax Fundamentals

What Deductions Can I Claim for My Airbnb Property?

A practical deduction checklist for Airbnb hosts, with examples of what is fully deductible, partially deductible, and capitalized.

Tax Fundamentals

How Does Depreciation Work on a Short-Term Rental?

The mechanics of depreciating an STR, from cost basis and land allocation to furniture schedules and recapture.

Tax Fundamentals

What is Cost Segregation and How Does It Reduce My STR Tax Bill?

Why STR owners order cost segregation studies and when the accelerated deduction actually produces usable tax savings.

Tax Fundamentals

Can I Deduct Cleaning Fees, Supplies, and Amenities for My Airbnb?

How hosts should deduct cleaning, laundry, toiletries, snacks, and guest amenities without overcapitalizing routine costs.

Tax Fundamentals

How Do I Report Airbnb Income on My Tax Return?

A filing checklist for getting Airbnb revenue, platform forms, expenses, and owner records onto the correct federal return lines.

Material Participation & REPS

Material Participation & REPS

The hour-tracking and audit-defense rules that determine whether STR losses can actually be used.

Material Participation & REPS

What is Material Participation for Real Estate Professionals?

The practical meaning of material participation and why it matters for converting paper losses into usable tax deductions.

Material Participation & REPS

How Many Hours Do I Need for Real Estate Professional Status?

The 750-hour rule explained correctly, including the harder “more than half of personal services” requirement.

Material Participation & REPS

What Counts as Material Participation Hours for an STR?

Which tasks count toward material participation for a short-term rental and which activities are too weak to rely on.

Material Participation & REPS

Can I Qualify as a Real Estate Professional with a Full-Time W2 Job?

Why REPS is difficult with a full-time W-2 and when a spouse or STR-specific strategy is more realistic.

Material Participation & REPS

How Do I Prove Material Participation to the IRS?

What evidence holds up in an audit when you are claiming material participation or REPS-based rental loss treatment.

Strategy & Optimization

Strategy & Optimization

Investment and entity decisions that change cash yield, state exposure, and long-term tax efficiency.

Strategy & Optimization

What is a Good Cap Rate for a Short-Term Rental Property?

How investors should think about cap rate for STRs and why raw cap rate can mislead when nightly revenue is volatile.

Strategy & Optimization

How Do I Calculate Cash-on-Cash Return for an Airbnb?

A clean formula for measuring the annual cash yield on the actual dollars you invested into an STR deal.

Strategy & Optimization

Should I Set Up an LLC for My Airbnb Business?

What an LLC actually does for an Airbnb owner, and what it does not do for taxes, liability, and lending.

Strategy & Optimization

What is Bonus Depreciation and Does It Apply to STR Properties?

When STR owners can use bonus depreciation and why the placed-in-service year changes the economics materially.

Strategy & Optimization

How Does State Tax Affect My Short-Term Rental Income?

Why state income tax, lodging tax, and local registration rules can materially change the economics of an STR.

Strategy & Optimization

What Records Do I Need to Keep for My STR Tax Audit?

The minimum document set an STR owner should maintain for audit defense, tax prep, and sale calculations.

Strategy & Optimization

How Do I Track Expenses Across Multiple Airbnb Properties?

A property-level bookkeeping framework for owners who need clean records across multiple STRs without losing tax detail.

Strategy & Optimization

What is the Difference Between STR and Long-Term Rental Tax Treatment?

The tax differences between short-term and long-term rentals, including passive loss rules, self-employment tax exposure, and depreciation strategy.