Strategies to optimize your finances

Partnerships and S corporations report rental income using IRS Form 8825, which details rental real estate income and expenses.

Landlords overpay taxes by forgetting to claim depreciation, misclassifying repairs as improvements, failing to track expenses properly, and not utilizing cost segregation studies. The average property owner overpays $3,000-$12,000 annually by missing legitimate deductions that the IRS explicitly allows.

Real estate investors can defer capital gains taxes through five primary strategies: 1031 like-kind exchanges (defer indefinitely by exchanging properties), installment sales (spread gains over multiple years), opportunity zones (defer until 2026 and reduce by 10%), Delaware Statutory Trusts (passive 1031 exchange alternative), and charitable remainder trusts (defer while generating income).

Late filing penalties for real estate investors reach 47.5% of unpaid taxes. Learn FIRPTA rules, partnership filing requirements, and how to avoid $25K+ penalties.

Florida rental properties depreciate over 27.5 years using the straight-line method under IRS rules, providing annual deductions equal to your property's cost basis (excluding land) divided by 27.5.

Texas property tax accounting operates through a three-tier system: county appraisal districts value property at market value as of January 1, local taxing units (counties, cities, school districts) set their own tax rates, and county tax assessor-collectors collect and distribute funds.