key is Schedule C

To make rental into active income you have to
(1) organize an LLC,

(2) quitclaim all income generating properties to LLC

(3) report profit/loss on Schedule C
www.irs.gov/uac/Schedule-C-(Form-1040),-Profit-or-Loss-From-Business

Note: schedule C requires active income (earned income), not capital gain when you buy/sell houses (passive income). Rental income might include both active/passive income, so see here for how rental income is treated under schedule C

www.irs.gov/publications/p527/ch03.html

which says:  "In most cases, all rental real estate activities (except those of certain real estate professionals, discussed later) are passive activities."

(4) if you actually had a profit, you can open up a solo 401(k).


My guess is you can't do it because most of your rental income are passive incomes. 

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• 谢谢大家回复。 -乡村地主- ♂ (833 bytes) () 10/28/2014 postreply 07:10:28

• 这不是逃税，在合法的前提下，无论收入一万还是一亿，减税是理财方式之一，无可指责。 -乡村地主- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/28/2014 postreply 13:56:02

• 那你要花钱找税收律师帮你了，ＣＰＡ帮不动。 -lexm5- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/28/2014 postreply 09:36:59

• 的确是想花钱找到真正能提供建议的专业人士。在帖子中就提到了这点。 -乡村地主- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/28/2014 postreply 14:00:32