REPS and STR time tracking

Stop logging your real estate hours.

Connect your Gmail once. We auto-capture your texts, voicemails, and payments, classify each one, attach the original message as evidence, and build an IRS audit-ready time log. You approve your day in 2 minutes.

No credit card required/3-minute setup/No app to install

Contemporaneous Time Log

TAXPAYER: J. RIVERA  /  TAX YEAR 2026  /  REPS

PAGE 1 OF 42
REG. 1.469-5T(f)(4)

DateActivityMinEvid.
MAR 04Coordinated plumbing repair with vendorMaple St Duplex15SMS
MAR 04Tenant call regarding lease renewalPine Ave 4-plex22VM
MAR 05Reviewed and paid contractor invoiceMaple St Duplex10BANK
MAR 05Guest turnover coordination and suppliesHarbor Cottage45SMS
MAR 06Scheduled quarterly HVAC inspectionPine Ave 4-plex18SMS
MAR 06Rent collection follow up, unit 2BPine Ave 4-plex12BANK
YTD TOTAL312.5 hrs

EVIDENCE
ATTACHED

01 / The problem

The hours are real. The log is what fails.

01

750 hours of real work

You took the calls, chased the contractors, and handled the turnovers. Doing the time was never the hard part.

02

A log the IRS will not accept

Round numbers, vague descriptions, no timestamps, and nothing that proves the entry existed before the notice arrived.

03

Deduction denied

A reconstructed log is the single easiest thing for an examiner to throw out, and the bill lands years later with interest.

Case on record

Bailey v. Commissioner

The taxpayer did the work. The log was vague, created after the fact, and built on round numbers. The deduction was denied and the loss ran into the thousands.

IRC 469(c)(7)
Reg. 1.469-5T(f)(4)
Reg. 1.469-1T(e)(3)(ii)(A)

02 / The solution

Your log builds itself.

Every message you already send becomes a dated, described, evidenced entry. Nothing to type. Nothing to remember at year end.

Source

“Plumber confirmed for Tuesday 9am at the Maple duplex. Quote is $480.”

Google Voice SMS / Mar 04, 8:42 AM

Classify

Log entry

MAR 04 / MAPLE ST DUPLEX

Coordinated plumbing repair with vendor

EVIDENCE ATTACHED15 MIN

Pending your approval

03 / How it works

Three steps, then it runs on its own.

1

Forward your emails

One Gmail filter sends your Google Voice texts, voicemails, and bank alerts to your private capture address. No app, no OAuth, no access to your inbox.

GMAIL FILTER

from: (voice@google.com)

forward to:

j-rivera@in.myauditlog.com

2

AI builds your log

Each message is matched to a property, given a plain-English description and a time estimate, with the original message attached as evidence.

CLASSIFIED

Maple St Duplex15 min

Pine Ave 4-plex30 min

Harbor Cottage10 min

3

Approve your day

Review the queue, adjust anything that is off, approve in bulk. Export an audit-ready PDF whenever your CPA asks.

TODAY

6 / 6

ALL APPROVED / 1m 48s

04 / What you get

Built for the test you actually have to pass.

CAPTURE

Automatic, not manual

Nothing to type at the end of a long day. The work you already did creates the entry.

EVIDENCE

Proof on every line

The original text, voicemail transcript, or payment alert stays attached to the entry it created.

STR

Participant comparison

Track your hours against everyone else who touched the property, for the 100-hour material participation test.

EXPORT

Audit-ready PDF

A dated, described, evidenced log formatted the way a CPA and an examiner expect to read it.

PRIVACY

No app, no OAuth

We never connect to your Gmail. Only the messages you choose to forward ever reach us.

COVERAGE

REPS and the STR loophole

750 hours or 100 hours, both tests tracked side by side across every property you own.

05 / Pricing

One plan does the work.

Free

$0forever

Keep one property logged by hand.

  • 1 property
  • Manual entries
  • Dashboard and hour totals
  • CSV export
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The whole capture engine, every property.

  • Unlimited properties
  • Automatic email capture
  • Evidence attached to every entry
  • Participant comparison for STR
  • Audit-ready PDF export
  • Priority support
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06 / For CPAs

Your clients keep losing deductions to weak logs.

Recommend MyAuditLog. Their log gets built as the year happens, with the source message attached to every line, and it arrives on your desk as a clean PDF.

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What lands on your desk

  • 01One PDF per client, per tax year, per property.
  • 02Every entry dated, described, and evidenced at the time it happened.
  • 03Hour totals against the 750-hour and 100-hour thresholds.
  • 04CSV if you would rather work in your own spreadsheet.

Set it up once. Approve two minutes a day. Be ready.

Your log should exist before anyone asks for it.

No credit card required / 3-minute setup / No app to install