Course Curriculum

Course 101

Real Estate Tax Essentials

This is the practical, plain-English tour of the tax topics every real estate investor runs into — from accounting and depreciation to 1031 exchanges, REPS, short-term rentals, installment sales, and...

$129.00

Course 201

Legal and Tax Entities

This course explains the most common legal and tax “entity” choices for real estate investors. You’ll learn what an LLC does (and what it doesn’t), how partnerships work when you...

$129.00

Course 202

Accounting for Real Estate Investments

Clean records mean you don't lose deductions just because you can't find a receipt. Strong bookkeeping also keeps you on the right side of the tax rules — and helps...

$129.00

Course 203

Depreciation

The IRS lets you deduct the cost of a rental property over time — even if the building is going up in value. Depreciation reduces taxable income without requiring an...

$129.00

Course 204

Bonus Depreciation

Bonus depreciation allows qualifying property components to be written off quicker — sometimes all in year one. It generally applies to items with shorter useful lives: appliances, some flooring, certain...

$199.00

Course 205

Cost Segregation

Items like fixtures, appliances, certain flooring, equipment, fencing, landscaping, sidewalks, and parking areas can often fall into 5-, 7-, or 15-year categories — generating bigger deductions earlier in ownership. The...

$197.00

Course 206

Passive vs. Active Income

Most income is labeled as 'passive' or 'active,' and that label determines how — and whether — losses can reduce your non-passive income. Rental income is treated as passive by...

$129.00

Course 207

Real Estate Professional Status (REPS)

REPS is a special tax classification that can let qualifying taxpayers treat rental losses as non-passive — meaning those losses may be able to offset wages or business income. Qualification...

$197.00

Course 208

Real Estate Grouping Election

Without grouping, a real estate investor needs to prove material participation for each property separately. With grouping, you generally only prove participation across the groups identified on the tax return...

$129.00

Course 209

Short-Term Rentals

If the average guest stay is seven days or fewer, the IRS treats the activity more like a business than a traditional rental. This creates opportunities — and risks. with...

$197.00

Course 210

1031 Like-Kind Exchanges

'Like-kind' simply means both properties are held for investment or business use. A rental house can be exchanged for an apartment building — or certain commercial real estate — if...

$197.00

Course 210

Installment Sales

An installment sale is a 'get paid over time' deal: you sell a property and receive payments in two or more tax years. Instead of recognizing all the gain at...

$129.00

Course 211

IRS Compliance Issues

Common Compliance Mistakes: . Sloppy or incomplete recordkeeping . Incorrect depreciation calculations . Misclassifying capital improvements as repairs . Misunderstanding passive loss rules . Waiting until tax season to think...

$129.00