Home office expenses for rental property are not allowed on SCH E, as long term residential rental property produces passive income.
For long term rental property to qualify as a SCH C business, there are specific criteria that must be met. For a short gist of those requirements, see IRS Publication 527 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p527.pdf on page 12, third column, "Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business."
A majority of landlords who rent property out for the long term usually do not qualify as a SCH C business, as they do not meet the requirements as outlined in the referenced publication.
Take note that the requirements listed there are not all inclusive, and the things you can't count as "substantial services that benefit the tenant" are also not all inclusive.
Only you can determine if you meet the requirements or not. Note that reporting long term rental property on SCH C may (or may not) have the potential to trigger an audit. It just depends on to many factors to cover here.
