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June 3, 2019
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Not recognizing me as a Real Estate Professional.

  • June 3, 2019
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I have been checking the box for more than 750 hrs/year and the program will qualify me as a professional real estate, but now with 2017 it's not recognizing me.  

Best answer by MinhT1

Spending more than 750 hours in real estate alone is not sufficient to qualify as a real estate professional. You need to pass all the following four tests.

In Turbotax, you need to check both boxes saying that you spend more than 750 hours a year actively involved in real estate and that you spent more than 50% of your work-related time involved in real estate

You are a real estate professional if all of the following are true:

 - You materially participated in a real property trade or business.
 - More than half of your time is involved in real estate activities during the year.
 - You materially participated for more than 750 hours in this business.
 - You materially participated in each rental real estate activity.

A real property trade or business is any business that involves property:

 - Development
 - Construction
 - Redevelopment
 - Reconstruction
 - Acquisition
 - Conversion
 - Rental operation
 - Management
 - Leasing
 - Brokerage




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MinhT1Answer
June 3, 2019

Spending more than 750 hours in real estate alone is not sufficient to qualify as a real estate professional. You need to pass all the following four tests.

In Turbotax, you need to check both boxes saying that you spend more than 750 hours a year actively involved in real estate and that you spent more than 50% of your work-related time involved in real estate

You are a real estate professional if all of the following are true:

 - You materially participated in a real property trade or business.
 - More than half of your time is involved in real estate activities during the year.
 - You materially participated for more than 750 hours in this business.
 - You materially participated in each rental real estate activity.

A real property trade or business is any business that involves property:

 - Development
 - Construction
 - Redevelopment
 - Reconstruction
 - Acquisition
 - Conversion
 - Rental operation
 - Management
 - Leasing
 - Brokerage




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June 3, 2019
where are the boxes that need to be checked to answer the questions above?