ltkm
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Rent out one room of an investment home, having two vacant rooms

I have an investment home that is not my primary home.

In 2023 I rented out a room with intention to rent out all 3 bedrooms. 

But the deals did not go through so I ended up with one tenant.for the

entire 2023.

This person was the only one in this house in 2023. The rent payment

is about 1/3 of the fair market value  as I intended to rent all 3 rooms.

 

So I have 1 rented room and 2 vacant rooms in 2023.

 

I think I cannot treat this as a house rental  because the rent price is below the fair market value.

But how can I deduct earning and expenses on vacant rooms ?

 

I do not live in this house so there is no sharing, no percentage of rooms.

But I don't know how to calculate percentage of vacant rooms and

|shared" areas.

 

Thank you for your advices  and pointers to helpful information.

 

Long,