Thanks for the input. i am actually using the 2019 version of TT and using 2019 dates for everything just to get a feel for what the process is like and to see what happens if I don't get a Dec, 2020 rental. I tried your suggestion of claiming 1 rental day and zero rental income and sure enough, this approach does cause the expenses from the property to stick in column B on the Schedule E.
In your comment you said it "sounds wrong" but the key question is - Will the IRS will consider this approach legal (1 rental day, zero rental income) if I were to get audited. Is it?
