Awesome feedback Amy. I've pieced together the paper trail. More schedule E questions. We drove down to work on the condo, 2138 miles round trip, so I plan to use the mileage auto expense and have prorated it using the same ratio as the overall personal use / days rented ratio (11 / 208), 94.7%. For that specific trip I declared 11 personal days out of 30 days stayed, the other 19 days working on cleaning and repairs/maintenance. Is my declaration sound, or should I use a 19/30 ratio instead or some other method. And what about hotels, two nights, one night on the way down, one night on the way back? And meal expenses? And how to prorate? The instructions don't seem very detailed.
