I have been writing off expenses on Schedule E for the past three years and even have carryover from years when the income did not exceed them. The confusion comes from "not being available to rent" and no income that Turbo tax says the IRS does not allow rental expenses during the time of rehab. I have checked the publication and can't find it directly addressed. It was never converted, was bought as a rental property, never used for personal use. I thought I could write off as selling expenses but since it won't be sold until 2025 I hope to not lose those expenses if I can't add them to my loss carryovers. Another post mentioned that in the special case of rehabbing, the expenses of maintaining the property in a manner to do repairs (utilities etc) could be added to the basis since it was not rental property during the time because it was not available to rent.
