My wife and I traveled out of state to do maintenance on our rental properties. We also did maintenance on my mother-in-law's rental property (also in that out of state location). I'm planning to deduct our travel expenses for our rental property work. My mother-in-law is planning to deduct the cost of repair items, and capitalize the improvements made, but is there a way for her to deduct any of the time and travel expenses we spent working on her property? Would she have to pay us for the actual labor?
