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You can depreciate your rental property if it meets all the following requirements: 1  You own the property. 2  You use the property in your business on income producing activity. 3  The property has a determinable useful life. 4  The property is expected to last more than 1 year.
Claiming Depreciation. Residential rental property gets depreciated over 27.5 years. What you do is to take the cost of the building, but not the land, divide it by 27.5, and claim that amount on Form 4562 as well as carry it over to your Schedule E as an expense. You can do the same thing with any major improvements.