01
Connect
Bank, card, Airbnb, and VRBO activity flow into one property ledger.
For Airbnb and VRBO owners
Your Schedule E, done.
HostBooks reads your bank and Airbnb transactions, categorizes every line, and builds your Schedule E. You just approve — that's it.
Start freeNo cleanup project required.
Schedule E draftReady for review
Lakeside Cabin
Rental incomeAirbnb$48,920
CleaningVendor$6,440
RepairsBank$2,180
SuppliesCard$1,370
Mortgage interest1098$18,650
Last transaction checkedApprove packet
How it works
Connect the accounts. Review the result.
HostBooks keeps the work simple: bring in the data, assign it to the right property, and prepare the tax view your CPA expects.
02
Categorize
Every line is matched to the right home and the right tax category.
03
Approve
You review the exceptions, then export a clean Schedule E package.
Built for tax season speed
From upload to Schedule E in one hour.
Scattered rental activity becomes a tax-ready summary before it turns into weeks of cleanup.
Upload activity
Review exceptions
Export Schedule E
What you get
The tax view and the owner view, together.
HostBooks gives each property the reports you need to file cleanly and run the business calmly.
Schedule E prep
Income and deductions land on the lines your CPA needs.
Per-property P&L
See which homes make money after fees, cleaning, repairs, and debt.
1099 tracking
Track contractor totals early so January is a check, not a scramble.
Pricing
Free to start. Simple when you grow.
Try HostBooks with real transactions before making it part of your monthly workflow.
Start with one property and one tax season.
No annual contract. Add properties when the bookkeeping is worth keeping.
$19/mo per property
Start clean
Hand your CPA a clean packet.
HostBooks gives you a reviewed ledger, property-level profit and loss, and Schedule E summary in one calm export.