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For Airbnb Hosts & Short-Term Rental Investors

Your Rental Income, Perfectly Organized. Automatically.

LedgerAI connects to QuickBooks and automatically categorizes Airbnb and VRBO payouts, cleaning fees, maintenance costs, supplies, and contractor payments. Every property tracked separately. You review what's flagged. QuickBooks is updated.

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LedgerAI  ·  Books Review  ·  STR Holdings LLC  ·  Q4 2024
264 transactions scanned Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2024
31 Reclassified
7 Needs Review
3 Personal Charges
2 Duplicate Clusters
4 Contractors
$4,200 Deductions Found
Flagged for your review
Maria C. · Cleaning $2,400.00 1099?
Airbnb Payout Allocation $4,200.00 Needs Split
Target (personal) $142.00 Personal Charge
31 avg corrections applied per review
7 avg items flagged for your review
$4,200 avg deductions surfaced per review
QB corrections written back to QuickBooks automatically
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Applied automatically
Airbnb fees, VRBO fees, Costco supplies, cleaning service invoices, and 670+ other known vendors categorized without any action from you.
Flagged for your review
Zelle/Venmo payments to cleaners and handymen, payout splits, and personal charges go to your review queue first.
Written back to QuickBooks
Only the corrections you approve get written back. Nothing changes in QuickBooks until you say so.
Never changed silently
Anything outside high-confidence stays in your queue. Your books are never modified without approval.
What LedgerAI Finds

The four things that cost STR hosts
the most money at tax time.

LedgerAI looks for the specific issues that hit short-term rental owners hardest: payouts recorded wrong, cleaners with no 1099 trail, personal charges in the rental LLC, and expenses not tracked by property.

Payout Error
Airbnb Payouts Recorded Wrong
Airbnb platform fees, host service fees, and the net payout amounts are often recorded as the full booking value, creating revenue inflation. LedgerAI flags these for correct gross vs. net treatment.
Corrections applied automatically
Airbnb Service Fee $184.00 Revenue Platform Fees
VRBO Booking Fee $92.00 Uncategorized Platform Fees
Turnkey Mgmt Fee $320.00 Miscellaneous Mgmt Fees
3 payout corrections applied. Revenue now accurately recorded.
1099 Risk
Cleaners & Maintenance Contractors Not Tracked
Payments to your regular cleaner, handyman, or property manager via Venmo, Zelle, or check end up as "Uncategorized." LedgerAI routes them to Contract Labor and flags anyone over $600 for 1099.
1099 contractor queue
Maria C. · Cleaning $4,800 YTD Needs W-9
Handyman · Zelle $2,200 YTD Needs W-9
Occasional helper $380 YTD Under $600
$7,000 in contractor payments tracked. 2 flagged for 1099.
Personal Charge
Personal Purchases on the Rental LLC Card
Target, Costco, and Amazon personal orders on the business card inflate your rental expenses and can create IRS scrutiny. LedgerAI flags them automatically before they touch your books.
Personal charges detected
Target (personal) $142.00 Personal
Costco (household) $94.50 Personal
Amazon (personal) $67.00 Personal
$303.50 removed from rental expenses and separated
Per-Property Tracked
Each Property Tracked Separately & Correctly
Supplies, repairs, cleaning, and utilities tracked per property so your Schedule E is clean and each property's profitability is visible without any manual sorting.
Property expense breakdown
Unit A (Nashville) $1,840 Q4 Expenses
Unit B (Nashville) $1,120 Q4 Expenses
Unit C (Brentwood) $980 Q4 Expenses
3 properties tracked separately. Schedule E ready for your CPA.
How It Works

From connected to clean rental books
in a single run.

LedgerAI handles the mechanical work of the first pass and puts only what actually needs a decision in front of you.

Step 1

Connect QuickBooks in 60 seconds

One-click OAuth. No API keys, no configuration. LedgerAI reads your transactions directly from QuickBooks and starts categorizing immediately.

  • All QB Online plans supported
  • No QB password stored or shared
  • Choose any date range: monthly, quarterly, or full year
QuickBooks OAuth · Connecting...
✓ QuickBooks OAuth authorized
✓ Company: STR Holdings LLC
✓ Period: Q4 2024 (Oct 1 – Dec 31)
Loading Q4 2024 data...
264 transactions loaded
Step 2

STR expenses and contractor payments categorized automatically

Airbnb, VRBO, Costco, Amazon supply orders, cleaning services, and 670+ vendors match instantly. Payments to cleaners and handymen are routed to Contract Labor for 1099 tracking.

  • Payouts, supplies, maintenance, and cleaning all handled
  • Contractor payments flagged for 1099 review
  • AI reviews only genuinely uncertain items
Categorization · Running patterns...
Airbnb Service Fee $184.00 Platform Fees Pattern
Costco (supplies) $248.00 Supplies Pattern
Maria C. · Cleaning $2,400.00 1099? 1099?
VRBO Booking Fee $92.00 Platform Fees Pattern
250 matched  ·  7 sent to review queue  ·  3 personal detected
Step 3

You approve the decisions that matter

High-confidence corrections are written to QuickBooks automatically. Your review queue shows only what needs a real call: contractor payments to flag for 1099, payout splits, and anything the system is not sure about.

  • One-click approve or correct each item
  • Set a rule so the same vendor is handled automatically next time
  • Average STR review takes under 10 minutes
Review Queue · 7 items
Maria C. · Cleaning $2,400 1099?
Airbnb Payout Allocation $4,200 Low Conf.
Target (personal) $142.00 Personal?
Approve (4)
Review All (7)
Real Results

What STR hosts actually say.

RM
Rachel M.
Airbnb Superhost, Nashville, TN (2 properties)
★★★★★

"I had no idea I was recording my Airbnb payouts wrong for 2 years. LedgerAI caught it immediately and flagged my regular cleaner for a 1099 I had completely forgotten about. My CPA said I avoided a serious IRS problem. Worth every penny."

2 years of wrong payouts caught
Cleaner 1099 finally tracked
IRS risk eliminated
2 properties now clean
★★★★★

"I manage 4 units and was spending 6 hours a month on bookkeeping. Now I spend maybe 20 minutes reviewing the report LedgerAI sends me. The time savings is enormous."

DK
David K.
STR Investor, Phoenix, AZ (4 units)
★★★★★

"The personal charge flagging alone is worth it. I kept accidentally running Target and Costco through my rental LLC. LedgerAI catches every personal charge automatically."

PS
Priya S.
STR Host, Austin, TX (3 units)
Pricing

Less time on cleanup. Cleaner books for tax time.

If your first books review does not surface meaningful cleanup opportunities, cancel during the trial and pay nothing.

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Essential
$69/mo

Monthly categorization and flagged item review

  • QuickBooks sync (1 company)
  • Unlimited transactions
  • AI auto-categorization with 674+ patterns
  • Contractor 1099 detection
  • Review queue: uncertain items flagged for your approval
  • Corrections written back to QuickBooks
  • Monthly books review report
  • Email support
Agency
$249/mo

For bookkeeping firms managing multiple clients

  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 5 QB companies ($49 per additional)
  • Per-client vendor profiles
  • White-label reports
  • Priority onboarding

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Questions Airbnb hosts ask.

Does LedgerAI understand STR and Airbnb expenses? +

Yes. Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com platform fees, Costco and Amazon supply orders, cleaning services, property management companies, and most home improvement vendors are in the built-in library. Rental expenses are categorized correctly on the first run.

How does it handle my cleaner and handyman payments? +

Payments to cleaners, handymen, and property managers via Venmo, Zelle, check, or PayPal are flagged as potential Contract Labor. Anyone paid over $600 year-to-date is added to the 1099 review queue. This is one of the most common IRS issues for STR hosts.

Can it track expenses by property? +

LedgerAI categorizes every expense correctly and writes corrections to QuickBooks. If you use class tracking or job codes in QuickBooks by property, the underlying categorization is accurate. Per-property P&L in QuickBooks becomes meaningful once COGS and expenses are correctly classified.

What about Schedule E and rental income reporting? +

LedgerAI ensures all rental expenses land in the correct categories so your Schedule E has clean, accurate totals. Your CPA or tax preparer still prepares the return; LedgerAI ensures they get clean books to work from.

Can I review prior years? +

Yes. The Pro plan supports full-year reviews going back to 2020.

Will it change my QuickBooks data? +

Only miscategorized transactions are updated, and only after you approve each change.

Can I cancel anytime? +

Yes. No fees, no lock-in.

Connect QuickBooks and get your rental books exactly right.

Run a books review, catch every Airbnb payout recorded wrong and missed cleaner 1099, and hand your CPA exactly what they need for Schedule E. 14-day free trial.

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