Carl
Level 15

Investors & landlords

There are several ways to do this on the tax return. Here's one way which is the way I suggest.

Split *EVERYTHING* in half. Right down the middle. Purchase price, closing costs, mortgage interest, property taxes, property insurance ***EVERYTHING***.

Then on your tax return you treat the rental unit *AS* *IF* it was a physically separate property with 100% business use. The rental unit gets reported on SCH E.