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There is a $25k passive loss allowance for taxpayers that actively participate in a rental real estate activity if their modified AGI is less than $100k. 

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The case specifically stated that the taxpayers used wife's calendar and receipts to reconstruct the time and entries on both spreadsheets for the first half of 2014, and that for the second half of 2014, the time entries came from a contemporaneous log wife maintained on her phone on which she entered the date, location, time and description of each task she performed.

Thanks Tony...with that 4k deduction how much that drop your tax payable?

Sorry @Kyle Jean didn't get an alert there was a reply.

You are stealing from tax-payers that work for a living.I can't believe you have the audacity to get on this forum and ask for investment advice when you can't even take care of yourself or your own mother.