Investors & Landlords Tax Forum Q&A

Investors & landlords

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

Are CD's considered as Bond investments?

Rental, Personal Use and Ownership questions

I own a duplex. I reside in one side of the unit while the second unit is typically operated as a rental property. During tax year 2025, the rental unit had multiple changes in use, and I am having difficulty determining how to correctly report incom... read more

Is allocation of Sale of Business Property among land, building and improvements necessary?

After recording the sale of my rental property on Form 4797, Sale of Business Property) and Form 8949 (Disposition of Capital Assets) all of my depreciation is being recaptured on Line 14 of 1040, as I expected, but I didn't allocate the sale among t... read more

QBU for Royalty Income

Why does QBI for a royalty income ask for the name and employer ID number for this rental

Cannot select "Mid-Quarter" (MQ) Convention for rental appliance

I am using TurboTax Online Premium. I am moving my rental property (Schedule E) data from TaxAct into TurboTax and I am unable to correctly enter a 5-year asset that requires the Mid-Quarter (MQ) Convention.The Asset Details:Item: DishwasherAcquired/... read more

Rental property expense showing "Not started" even after entering expenses?

How do I import 2024 rental property information and depreciation for 2025 return?

Its not showing in 2025 return?

New Rental property, HVAC depreciation over 5 years

I rented out my old unit in July 2025. At that time I installed a new HVAC (the old was only capable of heating, not cooling). My understanding is that I need to capture this in TT as an asset which will be depreciated over 27-1/2 years. In TT I crea... read more

Why is vehicle expense information not transferring?

2025 TurboTax Premier is not transferring vehicle information and depreciation from the previous year. I started putting the information in manually but soon was asked questions I wasn't sure of like total depreciation. I have copies of my returns fr... read more