House Hacking Repairs Taxes

[Travis Martin]

Hey everyone,

First-time house hacker here. I have a simple question about if I can deduct certain repairs that I made on my house hack in the months prior to when a tenant first moved in. I bought the property in June and have made about $10K of repairs and improvements, but these were all before my first tenant moved in in November. Are the repairs I made deductible because they occurred in this year? Or do they not count because the house was technically not yet being used as a rental? If I can't deduct the repairs, is there a possibility I can add them to my basis to at least get a higher depreciation deduction each year? 

Thanks for all your input, I will definitely be talking with a CPA soon but I wanted to get some opinions from those actually in the real estate business before having that conversation.

Thanks!