I had a rental home in 2017 that was occupied for slightly less than half of the year and was vacant the remainder of the time. While doing my taxes, I'm considering this property as a rental property for the entire year even though it was unoccupied most of the time. I had a loss on the property for the year given I didn't have much income but still had to pay for repairs, property taxes, insurance, etc. So my rental income for the year ending up being a loss of $12,000 but I was unable to deduct that loss due to my income being too high (so it's basically showing I made $0 on this property rather than me losing $12,000). I understand that but my question is given that the house was vacant, could I claim the house as being for personal use for the time it was vacant and potentially capture a deduction?
Thanks
