How to Build a Rental Property Work Log You’ll Actually Keep
A practical system for recording rental-property work while the details are fresh, reviewing gaps, and preparing clearer records for a professional.
Archive, Delete, or Downgrade: What Happens to Rental Records?
Archive preserves rental history, permanent delete removes it, and a downgrade limits future actions without erasing existing records.
When to Attach a Receipt, Photo, or PDF to a Work Record
Choose supporting context for rental work records based on the question it answers, without treating every receipt, photo, or PDF as proof of the work.
Calendar Time Is Not Work Time
A calendar event can help you remember a rental task, but its scheduled length should not become recorded work time without review.
How to Close Out a Month of Rental Work
Review a month of rental work records, correct factual gaps, check optional evidence, and finalize the period without treating it as permanently locked.
What Makes a HostHours Packet Ready or DRAFT?
Ready means required record context is present inside HostHours. DRAFT keeps missing facts and pending revisions visible before CPA review.
Managing STR and LTR Work in the Same Portfolio
Keep short-term and long-term rental work in one recordkeeping routine while preserving separate property context, people, categories, and annual totals.
More Than 100 Hours: Why Other People's Time Can Matter
One material-participation test compares your hours with every other individual's time. Learn what to record before your CPA makes that comparison.
More Than 750 Hours: The REPS Facts Your CPA Still Needs
The REPS rule has two annual service requirements, plus separate material-participation questions. See which facts an hour total cannot answer.
The More-Than-Half Test: What to Record When You Also Have Another Job
The REPS more-than-half test is a comparison, not an hour target. Learn which rental, business, and employment records your CPA needs to see.
Moving a Rental Work Spreadsheet Into a Reviewed System
A careful CSV import maps columns, surfaces invalid rows and possible duplicates, and appends only the rental-work records you approve.
What Works Offline During a Rental Property Visit
A field guide to local rental-work capture, timer review, pending sync, and the tasks that still require a network connection.