@DaveF1006 I believe there is a misunderstanding here. The commission I paid to my rental realtor, is for finding a tenant for my rental property and not for purchasing my rental property (as mentioned in the post, I converted my primary residence to rental property during the last quarter of the year). The only caveat is, the check was cut by my tenant directly to my realtor instead of I receiving the rent and then paying off commission to my realtor. I find the following turbotax post and a member post that confirms that commissions paid to rental realtor for finding tenants can be deducted as rental expense:
1. https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/kinds-rental-prop...
2. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/can-i-deduct-commissi....
Thoughts?
