All Forum Posts by: Dusty Laurin

@Teri Husak Thank you, Teri! All of that info is super helpful!

@Whitney Hutten thank you! I’m still figuring out this app, so as soon as I find the message feature, I’ll message you. Lol

@Brian Boyd Thank you!

@Michael McLeskey thank you for the information! The whole reason we are looking into real estate professional is so that we can write off expenses on my husband’s W-2 income. It would really be a huge tax benefit for us.

@Bob Norton Thank you so much! You have been extremely helpful. We will definitely look into that.

@Jonathan R McLaughlin, thank you! I do qualify on all of those points. We have been looking at what the IRS says about it and trying to do a lot of research on their website. Thank you so much for the summary, that definitely helps.

@Daniel Dietz, cool! I’ll have to check that one out. Thanks!

@Bryan Senk I do. I’ve had an Airbnb for 1.5 years and I’ve never turned anyone away for not having reviews. Most of the people who stay at my place don’t have reviews. I am constantly booked and after all this time (and roughly 80 guests later) I’ve only had 1 guest that I had to give a less than stellar review.

Maybe I’m an outlier and I’m just blessed with great guests or maybe they follow the rules because my house is on the same property. I think it’s probably a little of both.

All that to say, I haven’t had a problem with welcoming guests who don’t have reviews.

@Michael Plaks good point.

@Michael Plaks he’s not in my state, which is why I couldn’t use him. Otherwise, I definitely would have! I’m looking for an accountant to actually use for filing taxes, not just to ask them questions.