Donating 1 rental unit in a 6 unit building

[Kash Chau]

I am looking at a 6 unit property owned by a church. They are using one of the units as their office.

I have read that you can’t donate a unit. If I collect fair market rent from the church, and turn around and donate it back to the church. Can that donation be a tax write-off?

The yearly donation would be around $9,000.