You already track your hours. You just don't know it yet.
Every email to a contractor, every drive to a property, every call with a tenant — that's deductible time. RE:Writeoff gives you three ways to capture it.
01
Auto-fetch from Gmail
You already did the work. Let us find it.
Connect your Google account and we pull every property-related email automatically. Maintenance requests, tenant messages, vendor invoices, insurance notices — hours you already spent, documented without lifting a finger.
- Read-only access — we never send, delete, or modify your emails
- First scan covers the current tax year, so nothing from January gets lost
- After that, only new messages sync — no duplicate work
- Calendar, Contacts, and Drive access optional for richer context
Best for: investors who manage primarily through email
02
Forward emails
Not on Gmail? No problem.
Forward specific emails to your dedicated RE:Writeoff address. Got a contractor invoice in Outlook? A receipt in Yahoo? Just forward it. You choose exactly what gets tracked.
- Each portfolio gets a unique address: [email protected]
- Works with any email provider — Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, anything
- Forward chains keep the original sender and timestamps intact
- Perfect for one-off receipts or contractor quotes you want on record
Best for: investors who want selective capture or use non-Gmail email
03
Quick log in the app
Thirty seconds now saves hours at tax time.
Drove to a property? Took a call with your contractor? Open the app and log it. No email needed — just what you did, how long, and which property. Those in-person hours count too.
- Structured entry: activity type, property, duration, notes
- Voice-to-text so you can log while driving home
- Attach photos of receipts, damage, or work completed
- Classified and time-stamped the same as email-sourced activities
Best for: in-person activities that don't generate emails
From here, we take over
However an activity gets in — email, forward, or quick log — the same thing happens next.
We sort it for you
Every activity — whether from auto-fetch, forwarded email, or a quick log — gets categorized by IRS activity type. Repairs, tenant screening, bookkeeping, travel. You review and adjust; we do the heavy lifting.
Your receipts, stored and linked
The original emails, attachments, and notes are stored encrypted and tied to each activity. If the IRS ever asks "prove it," you hand over a file, not a shoebox.
Watch your hours add up
Each activity gets a time estimate. Your dashboard tracks progress toward the 750-hour threshold in real time. When your CPA asks for a summary, you export it in seconds.
Connect your email. See what you've been missing.
Most people start with Gmail auto-fetch — it takes two minutes. Forwarding and manual logging are there whenever you need them.