The short term rental loophole is for rentals where the average stay period is 7 days or less.

Hey Ajul, that bonus depreciation is no longer at 100%. in addition to that, you need to qualify as REPS or be using the short term rental loophole to even be able to take advantage of that deprecation against your active income.

.- you or your spouse can qualify as RE professional and the limits the OP discussed do not apply- you can use the “STR loophole” (terrible name) to not have the limits the OP Discussed apply  - a derivative of the STR loophole that for lack of better name I will call the MTR loophole will let you provide amenities to not have the limit the OP discussed apply.I suspect there are many more.  

That w2 still does not limit you to things like the short term rental loophole for instance, which can help you offset those painful CA taxes.

Hello, a lot has been written about the "STR Loophole". 

If you were able to prove material participation and use the short-term rental loophole, you may have other tax savings you can take advantage of.

Here is an introduction to the so-called STR loophole: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1122635-the-s...

There are some loopholes in the requirements for both parties to participate.

With the airbnb model, I see all sorts of loop holes in establishing how the landlords negligence resulted in a preventable outcome.

If you can qualify for the short term rental loophole or real estate professional, you can use depreciation via cost segregation to wipe out a large portion of your tax bill.