Guides for your first rental property
Plain-English lessons and free tools for your first year as a landlord. Each one names the tax year it covers and links the IRS source for every rule.
Lesson
Rental property tax deductions
What you can deduct in your first year, with a sample closing statement sorted line by line into deduct now, add to basis and never.
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Free tool
Rental tax calendar
Do you owe quarterly taxes on rental income? Every federal date for your first rental year, in a file for your calendar.
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Free tool
Rental property expense spreadsheet
Record each expense once and get every Schedule E line added up for each property, in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers.
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