Hello future landlord ... a bit of income tax education is wise ... here is the IRS pub 527 to review :
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p527.pdf
Also ... in the TT program you need to read the screens carefully ... when you have a property with multi units and you live in one, even if it has one roof over them all, you must treat it as separate properties on a tax return. You will ONLY enter the rental portion on the Sch E and allocate the common expenses where appropriate. There can be expenses for just the rental unit itself like new appliances or repairs that will not be divided. AND most important ... unless you actually lived in the rental portion sometime during the year ... your personal use of the rental unit will be ZERO ... again think of the rental as a separate entity.
