Purchased vacation home in June, spent July & Aug furnishing the house and adding a deck and shed. Rented 35 days Sept through the end of the year. I'm looking for clarification on the days spent "improving" the home in Jul/Aug. When dividing personal vs. rental expenses, is it personal until Sept when we offered it for rental, then we divide the remainder of the year btwn personal and rental use? I'm confused by Pub 527 statement: "Any day that you spend working substantially
full time repairing and maintaining (not improving) your property isn’t counted as a day of personal use" because they make the improvement time sound different without telling you what to do with it.
