JamesG1
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Investors & landlords

IRS Publication 527 states:

 

Residential rental property.

 

You must use the straight line method and a mid-month convention for residential rental property. In the first year that you claim depreciation for residential rental property, you can claim depreciation only for the number of months the property is in use.

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