Just ran my test scenario. I find that you "CAN" claim it was rented for zero days in 2018.
For any property improvements done after the last renter moved out and before the sale, enter them in the Assets/Depreciation section with the following criteria.
- Date of purchase will be any date in 2018 that is "before" the closing date of the sale and "after" the last renter moved out.
- On the "Tell us more about this rental asset" screen, select both "I purchased this asset new" and "This item was sold, retired, stolen, destroyed....."
- Yes, I have always used this item 100% of the time for business"
- For the date you first started using it in the business, enter the date you closed on the sale. "NOT" the date the work was completed or the date you paid for it. Then continue.
For "Special handling required" select no.
Then finish working through the rest of the screens. On the results screen you will see your gain/loss and it will also show you that $0 (Zero) depreciation was taken on that asset.
