{"id":65291,"date":"2025-10-14T02:50:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/?p=65291"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:47:07","slug":"july-2025-rental-property-book-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/july-2025-rental-property-book-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2025 Rental Property Book Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68edb8c1db19c\" class=\" wd-rs-68edb8c1db19c wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"overview\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Overview_of_our_July_2025_Book_Updates\"><\/span>Overview of our July 2025 Book Updates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Short-term rentals with average stays of seven days or less can\u2019t be grouped with long-term rentals\u2014keeping them separate helps protect your material participation status. Different activities with different missions cannot be grouped.<\/li>\n<li>Paying your children for legitimate work on your rental properties can shift income, reduce taxes, and build long-term family wealth when done correctly. Best of luck, Mom and Dad. Vacuums are like kryptonite.<\/li>\n<li>Cost segregation accelerates depreciation to boost early cash flow and strengthen long-term returns through smarter timing and tax planning. Unusually high income? Only year you&#8217;ll qualify for STR loophole or REPS? Cost seg today! Did we say planning? We did.<\/li>\n<li>Working with a knowledgeable real estate CPA or experienced rental property CPA (WCG is both, shockingly) helps ensure compliance and maximize available rental property tax benefits. That&#8217;s our elevator speech anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68edb99bb7bf4\" class=\" wd-rs-68edb99bb7bf4 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rental_Property_Book_Updates\"><\/span>Rental Property Book Updates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-44320\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/279139_2122824467_may_2024_book_updates_300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors updates our <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/business-services\/book\/\">rental property book<\/a>, &#8220;I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do?&#8221; periodically to reflect new IRS guidance and real-world issues that affect investors. This edition highlights three timely updates\u2014grouping short-term rentals, paying your children from the rental, and using cost segregation to improve cash flow. Each topic touches on a different angle of how smart tax planning helps real estate owners preserve tax deductions, maximize long-term returns, and build wealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ab9157\">Sidebar:<\/span><\/strong> When we say real-world issues, we must give credit to our prospective and current clients who ask all kinds of questions. Reality is stranger than fiction, right?<\/p>\n<p>The buttons below will take you to expanded versions of each of these rental property topics.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cannot_Group_Short-Term_Rentals_With_Other_Rentals\"><\/span>Cannot Group Short-Term Rentals With Other Rentals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Short-term rental owners often ask whether they can group their short-term rental properties with long-term properties to make it easier to meet material participation thresholds. The answer is no\u2014and that distinction is critical for proper tax reporting.<\/p>\n<p>If your average guest stay is seven days or less, the IRS classifies the property as a business, not a rental. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/26\/1.469-1T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Regulation 1.469-1T(e)(3)(ii)<\/a> makes it clear that these activities are \u201cnon-rental,\u201d which means they cannot be grouped with long-term rentals under the real estate professional rules in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/26\/1.469-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Regulations 1.469-9(g)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ab9157\">Sidebar:<\/span><\/strong> This is part and parcel the reason why your hours spent on a short-term rental do not count towards the 750 hours needed for real estate professional status. In other words, an STR is more like a hotel than a rental, and hotels are not considered real estate activities.<\/p>\n<p>You can still group short-term rentals together under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/26\/1.469-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Regulations 1.469-4<\/a> if they form an \u201cappropriate economic unit,\u201d such as properties you manage yourself in similar markets. However, mixing them with traditional rentals\u2014those with average stays over 30 days\u2014can break the grouping election and create exposure if reviewed by the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>Grouping is usually done to help meet one of the material participation tests. As a refresher, here are the big 3-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>500 total hours,<\/li>\n<li>100 hours and more than anyone else, or<\/li>\n<li>Substantially all the work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A real estate CPA, such as those on <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rental-expert-pod\/\">WCG&#8217;s Rental Expert Pod<\/a>, can help you document time correctly and determine which chores, duties and tasks count towards <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/material-participation-time-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">material participation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Paying_Your_Children_From_the_Rental_Property\"><\/span>Paying Your Children From the Rental Property<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another July update focuses on a practical family strategy\u2014employing your children to help with rental properties. Whether they manage online listings, paint, or assist with maintenance, paying them can shift income within the household and generate meaningful tax savings when handled correctly. Sure, you can&#8217;t get them to clean their own room, but the rental? That&#8217;s a snap, right?<\/p>\n<p>Parents can pay each child up to the standard deduction amount\u2014$15,000 for 2025\u2014without creating taxable income for Junior. That money becomes a deductible business expense to the rental property if the work is legitimate, documented, and paid at a reasonable rate. What is a reasonable rate? $50 an hour is unlikely. $25? $30?<\/p>\n<p>There are three main ways to do it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a property management company and run payroll from there. This setup scales well across multiple rentals and can allow children under 18 to earn wages exempt from Social Security and Medicare taxes.<\/li>\n<li>Use an existing S corporation if you already operate one for other business activities. You can process payroll there, but employment taxes apply regardless of age.<\/li>\n<li>Pay them as independent contractors, which is generally discouraged. Most states presume workers are employees, and contractors pay self-employment tax at 15.3%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Documentation is critical. Keep timecards, job descriptions, and pay records showing that the arrangement is bona fide. Paying a teenager $15,000 might mean about 500 hours of real work which is 10 hours a week, every week\u2014so the tasks and hours must make sense.<\/p>\n<p>When structured properly, employing your children becomes one of the most practical rental property tax benefits available. At a 24% marginal rate, paying a child $15,000 could save the parents roughly $3,600 in taxes while giving the child valuable work experience and the opportunity to fund a Roth IRA. Maybe tuck some money away for college or for their first home purchase.<\/p>\n<p>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors&#8217; rental property CPA team in conjunction with our amazing payroll team often helps clients set up payroll systems and determine reasonable wages to keep these family strategies compliant and effective.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cost_Segregation_Cash_Flow_Play\"><\/span>Cost Segregation: Cash Flow Play<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The final July update revisits <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/cost-segregation-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost segregation<\/a>, a technique that accelerates depreciation through <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/accelerated-depreciation-and-section-179-deduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100% bonus depreciation or Section 179 expensing<\/a> to improve early-stage cash flow. It doesn\u2019t increase your total deductions\u2014it simply moves more of them to the front of your ownership timeline.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a $700,000 property with $500,000 of building value might generate $100,000 in accelerated depreciation through a cost segregation study. At a 24% marginal tax rate, that equates to a $24,000 immediate tax savings. Reinvesting that cash or paying down debt sooner enhances long-term returns.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy works best when you can use the tax deductions right away\u2014either through the <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short-term rental loophole<\/a> or by qualifying as a <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/real-estate-professional-status-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real estate professional<\/a>. Investors limited by <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/passive-activity-loss-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passive activity loss rules<\/a> may still carry forward the benefit or realize it upon sale.<\/p>\n<p>Cost segregation also requires planning for the future. Large first-year deductions mean smaller ones later, so understanding your income trajectory and exit timeline is essential. A seasoned real estate CPA can model these effects, helping you decide when acceleration makes the most sense, and when it might not be the best.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you expect to sell within a few years, today\u2019s lower-cost cost seg studies often justify the effort. Spending around $1,000 to unlock tens of thousands in early tax deductions can still produce strong returns, especially when combined with other rental property tax benefits like 100% bonus depreciation or Section 179 expensing.<\/p>\n<p>In short, cost segregation remains a powerful cash-flow tool for investors who plan strategically and document carefully. A rental property CPA firm such as WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors can coordinate the timing of deductions with your overall tax plan to keep both short-term liquidity and long-term compliance in balance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672f64599e51f&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJmNjQ1OTllNTFmIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#8221; mobile_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; tablet_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; woodmart_gradient_switch=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_box_shadow=&#8221;no&#8221; wd_z_index=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_disable_overflow=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_mobile=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_inner 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testing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/regulations-1-469-4-election\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68edb64bc5984\" class=\" wd-rs-68edb64bc5984 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/028450_599068577_paying_children_rental_300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"paying your childrern\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"info-box-title title box-title-style-default wd-fontsize-m\">Paying Your Kids From The Rental<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Paying your kids to help with the rentals can be a great tax reduction strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/paying-your-children-from-the-rental\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68edb682af232\" class=\" wd-rs-68edb682af232 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cash_flow-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"info-box-title title box-title-style-default wd-fontsize-m\">Cost Segregation Cash Flow Play<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>A cost segregation study with bonus depreciation is an incredible cash flow play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/cost-segregation-cash-flow-play\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68edb531db129\" class=\" wd-rs-68edb531db129 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span>Final Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Each of these updates reflects a broader theme: better tax outcomes come from knowing which rules apply and documenting accordingly. Grouping short-term rentals correctly adjacent to long-term rentals prevents missteps with material participation rules. Paying your children can legally move income within the family while teaching financial responsibility. And cost segregation helps accelerate returns when deployed thoughtfully and strategically.<\/p>\n<p>Working with an experienced real estate CPA ensures your entity structure, elections, and documentation stay compliant as your portfolio grows. Partnering with a knowledgeable rental property CPA helps maintain defensible tax positions, optimize rental property tax deductions, and sustain your rental property tax benefits over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors<\/strong> remains committed to helping real estate investors make smart, defensible decisions that keep more money working for them and less flowing to the IRS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}@media (max-width: 1199px) {#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-69d3e822567bc .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-6858a97ce873b .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-69d3e804398a4 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}}<\/style><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row el_class=\"career--pack\" woodmart_css_id=\"68128d31b2822\" responsive_spacing=\"eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2ODEyOGQzMWIyODIyIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93IiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=\" mobile_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" tablet_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" woodmart_parallax=\"0\" woodmart_gradient_switch=\"no\" woodmart_box_shadow=\"no\" wd_z_index=\"no\" woodmart_disable_overflow=\"0\" row_reverse_mobile=\"0\" row_reverse_tablet=\"0\"][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-69d3e822567bc\" class=\" wd-rs-69d3e822567bc wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_Just_Got_A_Rental_What_Do_I_Do\"><\/span>I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-100749 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Web-and-Social-GFX-2026_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" \/>I just got a rental, what do I do? Purchasing a rental property is certainly challenging, but operating one to build wealth and find tax efficiency is equally challenging. This is our second book. Our first book, Taxpayer\u2019s Comprehensive Guide to LLCs and S Corps, was first published in 2014 and was well-received by small business owners and tax professionals, so we thought a book on rental properties and real estate investments would be equally helpful. So, here we are with our second iteration, or the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>2026 edition<\/strong>.<\/span> We update it frequently throughout the year (last update was April 5, 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Our rental property book starts with entity structures and moves into asset management such as acquisition, cost segregation, rental safe harbors, repairs versus improvements, accelerated depreciation, partial asset disposition, and 1031 like-kind exchange. From there we discuss various rental considerations like passive activity losses, short-term rental loophole, real estate professional status, and material participation including what time counts, and what time doesn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the good stuff! Rental property tax deductions such as travel, meals, automobiles, interest tracing, home office and common expenses. Fun!<\/p>\n<p>It is available in paperback for $32.95 from <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and as an eBook for\u00a0<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle<\/a> for 21.95. Our book is also available for purchase as a PDF from <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClickBank<\/a> for $18.95.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6858a97ce873b\" class=\" wd-rs-6858a97ce873b wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_Are_Real_Estate_CPAs\"><\/span>We Are Real Estate CPAs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>WCG has a team of <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/real-estate-cpa\/\">real estate CPAs<\/a> ready to assist you with your rental property and real estate investments. Very few tax professionals and CPA firms specialize in real estate to provide you solid consultation, tax planning including tax reduction strategies, and tax return preparation. We are experts in-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entity Arrangements, <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/benefits-of-rental-property-in-partnership-entities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Estate Holding Companies<\/a>, Deal Structures<\/li>\n<li>Startup Expenses, Launching Your Real Estate Venture, <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/rental-property-acquisition-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acquisition Costs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Asset Setup On Your Tax Returns, <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/cost-segregation-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cost Segregation Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/converting-primary-residence-to-a-rental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Converting Your Primary Home Into a Rental<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Passive Activity Loss Limits<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/material-participation-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Material Participation Rules<\/a>, What Time Counts (and What Doesn\u2019t)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/real-estate-professional-status-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Estate Professional Status (REPS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Short-Term Rental (STR) Loophole<\/a> (How to <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/computing-average-guest-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compute average guest stay<\/a>- which is nuanced!)<\/li>\n<li>Vacation Home Rules, Bolton Method<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/state-problems-with-your-rental-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Problems With Your Rental Property<\/a> (there are some surprises!)<\/li>\n<li>Travel, Meal, Automobile and Home Office Deductions<\/li>\n<li>Common Rental Property Deductions, Allocation of General Expenses Across Multiple Rentals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/rental-property-repairs-safe-harbors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rental Property Repairs Safe Harbors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/improvement-versus-repairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improvements Versus Repairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/accelerated-depreciation-and-section-179-deduction\/\">Accelerated Depreciation, Section 179 Expensing<\/a>, Partial Asset Disposition<\/li>\n<li>1031 Like-Kind Exchange, 721 Exchange<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/selling-your-rental-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selling Your Rental Property<\/a>, Buying Out Your Partner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This book is written with the general rental property in mind. Too many resources tell you the general rule but don\u2019t bother to back it up with Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations and Tax Court cases. Our book lays it all out, explains the madness, adds some humor and various conundrums. Example? <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/common-repairs-versus-improvements-conundrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water heaters and hot tubs<\/a>- crazy stuff to consider.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! And please send us all comments, hang-ups and static. This book is as much yours as it is ours, except the tiny royalty part- that\u2019s ours. Stop by and we\u2019ll buy you a beer with the pennies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-69d3e804398a4\" class=\" wd-rs-69d3e804398a4 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Purchase_Our_Rental_Property_Book\"><\/span>How To Purchase Our Rental Property Book<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>If you buy our 530+ page book (yeah, thick, there are some picture pages, but no scratch and sniff) which was <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>updated April 5, 2026<\/strong><\/span> and think that we didn\u2019t help you understand rental property tax laws, let us know. We never want you to feel like you wasted your money. If you are ready to add some insightful reading into your day, click on one of the preferred formats. Amazon is processed by Amazon, and the PDF is safely processed by ClickBank who will email you the PDF as an attachment.<\/p>\n<table class=\"purchase-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6657 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6658\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kindle-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6659 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PDFresized.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$32.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$21.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$18.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;68e45c5ed6ef8&#8243; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2OGU0NWM1ZWQ2ZWY4Iiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93IiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#8221; mobile_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; tablet_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; woodmart_gradient_switch=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_box_shadow=&#8221;no&#8221; wd_z_index=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_disable_overflow=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_mobile=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-672e8399ded8d\" class=\" wd-rs-672e8399ded8d wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title box-title-style-default wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Professional_Consultation\"><\/span>Professional Consultation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Did you want to chat about this? 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