Tax Tool for Accidental Landlords

Maybe your parents passed down a duplex. Maybe your roommate bailed and suddenly a stranger is paying you rent. Maybe you turned the basement into an Airbnb just to keep up with mortgage payments. Whatever the path, you've become a landlord — without ever intending to. There's no playbook, no workflow, just a nagging feeling that tax season is going to be a disaster. Schedule E. Depreciation. Figuring out whether that plumbing fix counts as a deductible repair or a capital improvement. You search one question online and come away even more lost than before. One Property is tax software designed for people who fell into being landlords. Connect a bank account, photograph receipts with your phone, and let the AI handle categorization — repairs, utilities, insurance — all sorted into the correct line items. It's purpose-built for rental property expenses and nothing else. When the year wraps up, users get a polished Schedule E along with their depreciation figures. The starting point is an expense tracker tailored to landlord-specific costs. Plaid integration lets users link bank accounts and watch transactions populate automatically. Mobile receipt capture powered by OCR means they can photograph a Home Depot receipt and get back to their day. Early adopters are people who inherited rental properties and house hackers hanging out in personal finance Reddit threads. Every January they're posting the same questions: "Do I need an LLC?" "What qualifies as a repair?" Show up with answers. Then hand them the tool. $19-29/month covers the core product. A $75 CPA consultation add-on is available during tax season for those who want a real person confirming they haven't screwed anything up. The 2020s produced a whole wave of reluctant landlords — inherited homes, house hacking setups, spare bedrooms generating income. This population has surged, yet every existing tool caters to investors juggling ten units and eyeing twenty more. The target user owns one property and has absolutely no ambition to build a real estate portfolio. They want compliance handled so they can get on with their lives. Deliver one smooth tax season and they'll never leave.

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