Real Estate Professional Status Compliance

Basic Requirements

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Basic Requirements

Do you materially participate in real property trades or businesses?

Are you involved in the development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, management, leasing, or brokerage of real estate?

Do you spend more than 750 hours during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which your business materially participates?

Are more than half of the personal services performed by you in trades or businesses during the tax year performed in real property trades or businesses in which your business materially participates?

Documentation and Evidence

Do you maintain contemporaneous daily time reports, logs, or similar documents detailing hours spent and activities performed in real property trades or businesses?

Are your time records accurate and reflective of your real estate activities?

Are the activities you listed directly related to real estate operations (e.g., management, leasing, broker services)?

Do your activities qualify as material participation under the IRS guidelines?

Ownership and Involvement

Do you own one or more rental properties?

Are you involved in the management or operation of these properties?

Do you have ownership interests in LLCs, partnerships or S corporations engaged in real property trades or businesses?

Do you materially participate in the operations of these entities?

Aggregation of Activities

Have you elected to aggregate all your interests in rental real estate for purposes of determining material participation?

Is your election properly documented and filed with the IRS?

Qualifying Services and Compensation

Are you compensated for your services in real property trades or businesses?

Is the compensation reasonable and reflective of your involvement?

Do you hold any professional credentials related to real estate (e.g., real estate license, property management certification)?

Additional Considerations

Did you meet the real estate professional criteria in prior tax years?

Are there any changes in your involvement or activities that would affect your status?

Do any family members materially participate in your real property trades or businesses?

How does their participation impact your status?

Review and Verification

Do you provide third-party verification or corroboration of your real estate activities and hours worked (e.g., from property managers, business partners)?

Does yoaur real estate activity align with IRS guidelines and definitions for a real estate professional?

Real Estate Professional Status Compliance

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Congratulations! You meet all the above requirements which means you are considered a real estate professional!

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