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All About Rental Real Estate & Vacation Rentals

You’re in great company if you’re thinking about joining the rapidly expanding group of real estate investors. Whether you want the adventure of becoming a full-time landlord or simply looking to make a little extra cash by renting out a room - or yo... read more

Second home mortgage

Last year we bought a condo <10miles from our primary home. The condo is a retirement home for my in laws. I'm wondering if I can deduct the following items for the condo:1. Any purchase related expenses2. Mortgage interest payments3. Property taxes4... read more

I'm trying to file and there is an issue with my Schedule E. It won't file until I add a rental income, but the property on the form is a royalty property with no income.

How can I bypass this glitch to file? I paid $177 to e-file, and now it isn't working. I'm feeling frustrated.

Import not pulling in any stock transactions-Fidelity or Vanguard

Imported 1099's yesterday and there are no stock transactions for either my Fidelity or Vanguard account. I can see them on the 1099 that each account has published. Just talked to tech support and they said if the import didn't pull them in, the onl... read more

Rental - Removal of Mobilehome - Didn't rent in year 2025

Selected the rental property. Selected "edit". Select "no" property wasn't rented in 2025. Check mark, "I did not rent, nor attempt to rent. this property at all in 2025." It then said, "Since the property was not a rental at all in 2025, you should ... read more

Desktop version: I've entered dividend and interest data for a brokerage account, but I can't get to the selection to enter stock sales data. Where is it?

The 5 boxes that came up originally where you could select interest or dividend or stock sales or etc. will not appear for the accounts where interest and dividend data have been entered.

Treasury Direct

Why is Turbo Tax so obtuse about entering interest from Treasuy Direct reported on 1099. It's not as if the US Treasury is some obscure state licensed credit union with 43 members. It should not be a special case that I have to read all the messages ... read more

I own an Airbnb property in Florida. where should this for accelerated depreciation(cost segregation study)?

Home office depreciation catch up

I have a home office which I began using in 2020. When doing my 2025 taxes I realized I should be taking a depreciation deduction for the furniture. My understanding is that when I enter this information into TT it should take a deduction for all the... read more

1099B issued to decedents social security for sales after death

My mother passed in March 2025 and mutual funds sold in April 2025. The brokerage house issued the 1099B to her social (instead of the estate) and for various reasons will not reissue. My understanding from reading many posts that I (as executrix) sh... read more

All questions/form for 2025 Rental Properties and Royalties section have been filled out but section still shows as Not Started for 2025. Why?

Why isn't section for 2025 Rental Properties updated to reflect that I've gone through entire section? It remains as Not Started.

When Can I enter depreciation and amortization cost of rental property? It says you can update it in February.

Turbo tax says it will be available in February-"Depreciation and Amortization will be ready by February, but likely sooner". When it will be available.

Where in TurboTax can I add my rental (as in I am paying rent for an apartment) information? I can't seem to find the specific location.

Can I enter an expiration date for your credit card that is 09 (September) or higher?

You order form does not allow an expiration higher than 08 (August) in the dropdown selection. How to you get past this?

How do i get bonus depreciation for a rental property? There is the 100% depreciation. Turbo tax did the 27.5 years by defaul.

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All About Rental Real Estate & Vacation Rentals

Second home mortgage

I'm trying to file and there is an issue with my Schedule E. It won't file until I add a rental income, but the property on the form is a royalty property with no income.

Import not pulling in any stock transactions-Fidelity or Vanguard

Rental - Removal of Mobilehome - Didn't rent in year 2025

Desktop version: I've entered dividend and interest data for a brokerage account, but I can't get to the selection to enter stock sales data. Where is it?

Treasury Direct

I own an Airbnb property in Florida. where should this for accelerated depreciation(cost segregation study)?

Home office depreciation catch up

1099B issued to decedents social security for sales after death

All questions/form for 2025 Rental Properties and Royalties section have been filled out but section still shows as Not Started for 2025. Why?

When Can I enter depreciation and amortization cost of rental property? It says you can update it in February.

Where in TurboTax can I add my rental (as in I am paying rent for an apartment) information? I can't seem to find the specific location.

Can I enter an expiration date for your credit card that is 09 (September) or higher?

How do i get bonus depreciation for a rental property? There is the 100% depreciation. Turbo tax did the 27.5 years by defaul.

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