You're dealing with what the IRS referrers to as a self-rental. The IRS has special rules for that, and I'm just not familiar enough with those rules to be of any help. Hopefully, someone else can jump in here. Meanwhile, I would suggest you google "IRS SELF RENTAL" and start reading. From what I see, there's a fair number of pitfalls with that for a business the IRS considers a disregarded entity. (Your sole proprietorship/DBA/single member LLC is a disregarded entity as far as the IRS is concerned.) But I'm not knowledgeable enough on that front to even express an opinion.
