Investors & landlords

I'm using TTX Premier, always do, purchased & downloaded from disc.

The advertising and actively seeking a tenant was just one year ago.   Prior to that I had read that if a rental was empty and you were not actively seeking a tenant, you could not claim deductions. That is why I did not claim any deductions on it for my 2019 filing.  Due to the bad tenant scare, (she was a piece of work that my attorney put an end to), I had not been seeking a new tenant.  The last year I claimed was 2018.  

 

If I keep it and begin renting it again, am I going to cause myself problems by not claiming any deductions for these 2 years?  I'm not so much troubled with not claiming anything for that period of time.  I just don't want to cause alarm and be audited for being overly cautious.