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REP Helper is the app that helps real estate investors qualify for Real Estate Professional Status and the short-term rental loophole, and prove it, on iPhone, Android and the web. It covers every IRS test, including the 50% test. Henry, the AI agent, logs your hours, GPS tracks your drive time, Airbnb and VRBO stays sync on their own, and your history moves over from the tracker you use today.

IRS tests · 8 features

Every IRS test, tracked

REPS and the STR loophole turn on more than 750 hours. REP Helper tracks each test that decides the deduction, every day.

  • Every plan

    750-hour test tracker

    Your real estate hours against the more-than-750-hour test for Real Estate Professional Status, updated as you log, with your pace to December 31.

  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    50% test: more than half your working hours

    Enter the hours you work outside real estate, such as a W-2 job, and REP Helper compares them with your real estate hours all year. This is the test most investors with a day job fail.

    Every IRS test, explained
  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Real estate job hours for agents, brokers and contractors

    Hours from a real estate job count toward REPS when you are a 1099 contractor, an owner, partner or member, or a W-2 employee who owns more than 5% of the employer. REP Helper applies the 5% rule for you: other W-2 real estate hours count only in the 50% test total.

    For agents and brokers
  • Every plan

    Material participation tests, per property

    The 500-hour, 100-hour (more than anyone else) and substantially-all tests, tracked for each rental, for long-term and short-term rentals alike.

  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Grouping election for all your rentals

    Track material participation per property or for all your rental real estate combined, the way your CPA will file the aggregation election.

    Every IRS test, explained
  • Every plan

    STR loophole: the 7-day average stay

    Average guest stay is calculated from your bookings, so you can confirm each short-term rental averages 7 days or less.

  • Every plan

    Spouse hours, counted the IRS way

    Each spouse logs their own hours. REP Helper keeps them apart for the 750-hour and 50% tests and combines them for material participation.

  • Every plan

    REPS status and pace alerts

    Alerts when your pace slips below what you need to qualify. STR test settings and alerts start on Professional.

Logging · 12 features

Logging that happens as you work

Hours you forget to log are hours you can’t prove. These features capture the work for you.

  • EliteOnly in REP Helper

    Henry, the AI agent for REPS & STR hours

    Tell Henry what you did by chat or voice note, or send photos and PDFs. Henry finds the right property, checks what’s already logged, asks when unsure and drafts documented activities for you to confirm.

    Meet Henry
  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Automatic GPS mileage and drive time tracking

    The mobile app sets a geofence around each property, detects trips in the background when you arrive and leave, and logs route, miles and drive time. One-tap start and stop and manual entry work too.

    How GPS tracking works
  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Gmail and Google Calendar, approved by Google

    A direct connection approved by Google after an independent security assessment, renewed every year. Emails and events about your rentals become suggested activities. No forwarding rules.

    See every connection
  • Professional+

    Outlook mail and calendar sync

    The same suggest-and-approve flow for Microsoft 365 email and calendar events.

  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Gmail add-on

    Log the email you’re reading as an activity without leaving Gmail.

  • Professional+

    Activity Inbox

    Suggested activities from your email, calendar and trips wait in one inbox. Approve, edit or dismiss each one.

  • Professional+

    Voice logging

    Describe your work out loud and AI turns it into activities. 100 voice entries a year on Professional, unlimited on Elite.

  • Professional+

    Receipt and photo scanning

    Photograph a receipt or invoice. AI reads the vendor, total and date, estimates the time and attaches the file as evidence. 100 a year on Professional, unlimited on Elite.

  • Every plan

    Smart activity descriptions

    Type a short name like “Fixed backyard fence” and AI writes a complete, audit-ready description you can edit.

  • Every plan

    Integrated timer and phone call time

    Start a timer when you begin a task, and log the time you spend on calls with tenants, guests and contractors.

  • Every plan

    Evidence on every entry

    Each activity keeps its source: the message, email, receipt, photo or GPS trip that proves it.

  • Every plan

    Search, filters and activity timeline

    Find any entry by property, category, date or source, and see how your hours are allocated across the year.

Short-term rentals · 5 features

Built for the STR loophole

Bookings, average stay and per-property material participation in one place, for Airbnb, VRBO and direct-booking hosts.

  • Every plan

    Airbnb and VRBO booking sync

    Add each listing’s calendar link and your stays import into the Stay Ledger and stay in sync. Booking dates only: guest messages, reviews and payouts stay private.

  • Every plan

    Any iCal booking calendar

    Direct-booking sites and channel managers that share an iCal link sync the same way.

  • Every plan

    Stay Ledger and average stay

    Every stay for every property, with the average stay calculated for the 7-day rule.

  • Every plan

    Activities from each stay

    Turn a stay into turnover, check-in and guest communication activities with one template.

  • Every plan

    STR Material Participation Report

    A PDF with hours per property, average guest stay and who else worked there.

Migration · 6 features

Bring your hours with you

Switching tools mid-year shouldn’t cost you a single logged hour.

  • Every planOnly in REP Helper

    Easy migration from REPS trackers and spreadsheets

    Coming from a REPS tracker? Upload the export file from the one you use today. REP Helper recognizes the formats of popular REPS trackers, maps the columns and converts the hours, so your history carries over.

    How migration works
  • Every plan

    CSV and Excel import with AI column mapping

    Upload a spreadsheet and AI suggests how the columns map. You review every row before anything is saved.

  • Every plan

    Google Sheets import

    Paste a sharing link and import the tab that holds your hours.

  • Every plan

    Start in the middle of the year

    Import the hours you’ve already recorded and REP Helper tracks every test from there.

  • Every plan

    Zillow import and GPS property setup

    Add a property from its Zillow listing or pin it on the map.

  • Every plan

    Export everything to CSV

    Download every activity at any time, for your own analysis or your tax software.

Insights & reports · 3 features

Know where you stand, and prove it

See whether you’ll qualify while there’s still time to act, then hand your CPA a record that holds up.

  • Professional+Only in REP Helper

    Intelligence & Performance Hubs

    The Intelligence Hub forecasts your hours to December 31, scores your readiness on pace, consistency, property coverage, evidence, description quality and timeliness, and suggests next best actions. The Performance Hub shows your hours by month, by property and by person, including real estate hours against other work for the 50% test.

  • Every plan

    REP Qualification Report

    A PDF with your 750-hour total, the 50% breakdown and material participation, with the activity log behind them.

  • Professional+

    CPA-Ready Report

    Your reports plus every receipt, email and trip attached as evidence, ready for your CPA at tax time.

People · 4 features

Your spouse, your CPA and your crew

Everyone who works on your rentals, on one record.

  • Every plan

    Spouse login

    Your spouse gets their own login and logs their own work on the shared record.

  • Every planOnly in REP Helper

    REP Helper Teams, the free crew app

    Cleaners, handymen and property managers log time, a description and photos from their phone on the properties you share. Entries are tagged by person, so you can show you did more than anyone else. Free for team members.

    See the Teams app
  • EliteOnly in REP Helper

    CPA collaboration, free for your CPA

    Invite your CPA at no cost to them. They review your hours, settings and reports in the REP Helper CPA portal and message you there.

  • Every planOnly in REP Helper

    In-app collaboration with your spouse, teams, and CPA

    Message your spouse, crew and CPA inside REP Helper, in threads tied to each property and its hours, on desktop or mobile.

AI assistants & API · 3 features

Log from the AI you already use

Connect your assistant once with a token you create and can revoke at any time.

  • Elite

    Log hours from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

    Your assistant can read and total your hours, log new activities, fix entries and manage properties in REP Helper.

    See the AI features
  • Elite

    REP Helper MCP server

    Claude and Gemini connect through the REP Helper MCP server with list, get, create, update and delete tools for activities and properties.

  • EliteOnly in REP Helper

    REST API with scoped tokens

    Developers use the same personal token with the REP Helper API, for example to post activities from their own tools.

Platform & trust · 5 features

Everywhere you work, and secure

One record on the web and your phone, kept the way the IRS expects.

  • Every plan

    Web, iPhone and Android

    Log on your computer or your phone. Everything stays in sync.

  • Every plan

    Contemporaneous, time-stamped log

    Each activity is time-stamped when it’s logged and keeps its source, the record IRS reviews look for.

  • Every plan

    Encrypted, with automated backups

    Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest on Google Cloud, with automated backups.

  • FreeOnly in REP Helper

    Free REPS and STR simulators

    Project your hours to year-end against the IRS tests, in your browser, with no sign-up.

    Try the simulators
  • Every plan

    Support center and feature requests

    Step-by-step help articles, an AI assistant, support tickets and a place to request features. Priority support on Elite.

FAQ

Questions about features.

What is REP Helper?

REP Helper is the app that helps real estate investors qualify for Real Estate Professional Status and the short-term rental loophole, and prove it, on iPhone, Android and the web. It covers every IRS test, including the 50% test. It logs hours for you with Henry, its AI agent, automatic GPS drive time and Gmail, Google Calendar and Outlook, syncs Airbnb and VRBO stays, and keeps an audit-ready record for your CPA. REP Helper is made by RealtyIntel Labs LLC. Plans start at $8.33 a month, billed yearly.

What features does REP Helper have?

REP Helper tracks every IRS test for Real Estate Professional Status and the short-term rental loophole: the 750-hour test, the 50% test, material participation per property, the grouping election and the 7-day average stay. It logs hours for you with Henry, the AI agent, automatic GPS drive time, Gmail, Google Calendar and Outlook, voice and receipt logging, and Airbnb and VRBO booking sync. It also imports your history from your REPS tracker, includes a free crew app, and builds audit-ready reports for your CPA.

Does REP Helper track mileage and drive time with GPS?

Yes. The REP Helper mobile app sets a geofence around each property, detects trips in the background when you arrive and leave, and logs the route, miles and drive time. You can also tap to start and stop a trip or enter one by hand. Drive time for real estate work counts toward the 750-hour, 50% and material participation tests. Included in Professional and Elite.

What is Henry in REP Helper?

Henry is the AI agent inside REP Helper for REPS and STR hours. Tell Henry what you did in a chat message or voice note, or send photos and PDFs of receipts and invoices. Henry finds the right property, checks what you already logged, asks when a detail is missing and drafts documented activities that you confirm. Henry is included in the Elite plan.

Does REP Helper track the 50% test?

Yes. Enter the hours you work outside real estate, such as a W-2 job, and REP Helper compares them with your real estate hours all year, so you know whether more than half of your working time is in real estate. It also tracks the 750-hour test, material participation per property and the grouping election. Included in Professional and Elite.

Do my hours as a real estate agent or broker count toward REPS?

They can. Hours from a real estate job count toward the REPS tests when you are a 1099 contractor, an owner, partner or member, or a W-2 employee who owns more than 5% of the employer (IRC §469(c)(7)(D)(ii)). REP Helper lets you enter that work and applies the 5% rule for you: other W-2 real estate hours count only in the 50% test total. Confirm your situation with your CPA.

Can I switch to REP Helper from my REPS tracker?

Yes. Upload the export file from the tracker you use today. REP Helper recognizes the formats of popular REPS trackers, maps the columns and converts the hours, so your history carries over. You can also import from CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, with AI suggesting the column mapping, and review everything before it is saved.

Does REP Helper import Airbnb and VRBO bookings?

Yes. Add each listing’s calendar link and your stays import into the Stay Ledger, which calculates average stay for the 7-day rule and turns stays into activities from templates. Any booking calendar that shares an iCal link works too. Only booking dates are imported, not guest messages, reviews or payouts. Included in every plan.

Which plan includes which features?

Starter covers logging on the web and phone, the 750-hour, material participation and average-stay trackers, Airbnb and VRBO sync, spouse and team access and PDF reports. Professional adds GPS drive time, Gmail, Outlook and calendar sync, voice and receipt logging, the 50% test, the grouping election, the Intelligence and Performance Hubs and the CPA-Ready Report. Elite adds Henry, unlimited voice and photo logging, free CPA collaboration, AI assistant integrations and priority support.

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Every IRS test, tracked from your first logged hour. Plans start at $8.33 a month, billed yearly.