As to your point about confusion in the future, it's our policy to leave the conversation and thread open and available for anyone to read, they can gather all of the information and make an informed decision for themselves based on ALL the information provided.

Hi thereAccording to IRS guidelines, once a property is ready and available for rent, meaning after you completed the renovations. you would  be able to deduct expenses. snce this was your main home,  the tax accountant you will use will need to do a conversion from personal residence to a rental for depreciation purposes. the improvement you made, depending on what they are, may be added to your basishope this helps

You should have had a conversation with an accountant prior to going ahead with the cost segregation study.A cost segregation study breaks down a building to more components than just building and land.

When you have things that you do not know how bad they are until you open up pandora's box, it is hard to perfectly predict the cost.I'd be happy to have a more in-depth conversation if interested. 

I'm needing to redo some foundation work and stucco on a garage conversion ADU in Long Beach.

Always think about the other side of the conversation.

Me purchasing it and renting it out to her turns it into an investment property thatvallows me to take advantage of all the tax benefits that come with it.She may lose the primary residence mortgage benefits she has, but I think what we achieve with the conversion outweighs the loss.Cashflow would be immediate and allow for quick savings growth for the next purchase.

To get the conversation started, adding several questions:1.

Quentin, build your knowledge, make sure all this is done correctly.Banks rarely call the loan just because of the deed being transferred, something else triggers this, mostly because the investor decides education is not worth the money.It can be because the Insurance was not done correctly, the seller does not understand the process, the Title Company does not know what to do so they call the Bank and make a mess out of the process and a few other factors,If the investor is knowledgeable on what to say to the Bank if they call this is a fairly simple conversation to have.

But THANK you for you information and hope to continue the conversation.