If I paid cross-state movers to move all the furniture out of my house to transform it into a rental, does that count as a deductible expense?

[MinhT1 · Accepted solution]

No, you cannot deduct this expense as a rental expense as it is an expense to prepare your house to be a rental home. Rental expenses can only be deducted from the date the home is available for rent on the market.

[Carl]

Expenses incurred in the process of preparing a residential property for rent the very first time are not deductible on the SCH E and as long as I've been a landlord, never have been.