Carl
Level 15

Investors & landlords

Did not rent property. Use it as second home .. No rental loss. Why do my 2019 show the loss, even though I told the system that I was not renting.

Then you should not be reporting anything on SCH E concerning rental income/expenses. If you do "anything" with SCH E, you *MUST* be showing that you converted it to personal use on Jan 1, 2019 since you clearly state you did not rent it out, and used it as a 2nd home.

One thing you "MUST" do though even if converting to personal use on Jan 1, you have to indicated that it was rented for one single day. Anything less, and it's not a rental as far as the IRS is concerned. You can still show zero income/expenses, and that's fine.