Carl
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Investors & landlords

If you have not yet filed your 2023 tax return, you can just file an amended return for 2022. Do so before you even start your 2023 return and when you do, ensure that you imported from the amended 2022 return so the correct values for the rental are imported.
JUST AN FYI:
It is common for long term residential rental real estate to show a loss each and every year it is classified as a rental. When you add up the allowed deductions of mortgage interest, property taxes, property insurance, and the depreciation you take on the property, those 4 deductions alone are usually enough to exceed the total rental income received in the tax year. Add to that other allowed deductions such as repairs and maintenance and you're practically guaranteed to show a loss. 
Once your allowed rental property deductions get your taxable rental income to zero, that's it. Any amount of deductions that exceed the income are just carried over to the next year. (See exception below). So with each passing year it's perfectly possible to have an increase in those carry overs. Those carry overs can't be used/realized until you sell the property.
One exception is that depending on your AGI, rental deductions exceeding your rental income can be deducted from your other ordinary income up to a maximum of $25K per year. So it's perfectly possible that you may have no carry over losses at all on the rental property.

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