LandlordHours: REPS & STR Log

Chasing Real Estate Professional Status or the short-term rental loophole? The IRS does not care how many hours you worked. It cares whether you can prove them.

LandlordHours is a contemporaneous hour log built for one job: documenting material participation in your rental properties, hour by hour, all year long.

WHAT YOU TRACK TOWARD • REPS 750 hours — plus the 50% rule, so real estate stays your majority working time • Material participation, 500-hour test • Material participation, 100-hour test — with the confirmation that no one else did more • Short-term rental activity, kept separate from long-term

LOG HOURS IN SECONDS • Write a plain-English note and AI turns it into a structured entry: property, category, hours, date • Run a timer while you work, or backfill later • Import calendar events so site visits and meetings do not go uncounted • Attach photos, receipts, and notes as evidence on any entry

BUILT FOR THE AUDIT, NOT THE SPREADSHEET • Every entry is stamped by property, activity category, date, and participant • Track spouse hours separately when you file jointly • Watch progress against every test on one dashboard, with hours remaining • Export a clean PDF log you can hand to your CPA

WHY CONTEMPORANEOUS MATTERS A log reconstructed in April is worth far less than one kept in real time. LandlordHours makes the daily entry take about fifteen seconds, so the record exists before anyone asks for it.

ALSO INSIDE • Custom activity categories for how you actually work • Multiple properties, long-term and short-term • Backup and sync through your own iCloud account • Works on iPhone, offline

LandlordHours is a recordkeeping tool. It does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice, and it does not determine whether you qualify for any tax status. Review your records and your qualification with a licensed tax professional.