Depreciation still possible?

[Kyle Scholnick]

I am looking to buy a rental property turnkey. I understand some tax benefits should be money I used on maintenance and the mortgage, but the biggest one depreciation seems to be out of reach.

Do most people still use depreciation as a tax deduction? Are you satisfying the requirements which I believe are actively working in real estate for 750 hours? Can you argue that even though you hired a property manager, you are still delegating responsibility and monitoring activity and therefore you are actively involved?

What about the 25k write off in passive losses?

What about deducting for a "home office" even though you have a property manager?