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Frank Wells
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Tax implications of cash out refi to buy investment property

Frank Wells
  • Van Nuys, CA
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Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and/or answer my question.  I appreciate your time.  I'm, not sure how to pose this question either but here goes...

I recently used a cash-out refi to purchase a SFR rental property for 100% cash but I am now wondering if it would have wiser to buy it using a traditional mortgage from a tax perspective. Will I file a Schedule E for this property and get benefits like depreciation?

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Taylor Brugna
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Taylor Brugna
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  • New York, NY
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@Josh C., sure thing.  The main question to ask is: What is the debt being used for? 

Let's say you have a primary residence and take a 100k heloc on it to buy a rental property. You wouldn't take the interest on schedule a (for your primary), you would take the interest on schedule e for the new rental property. What if you refinanced a rental and then used the proceeds to pay off your primary mortgage?That wouldn't be a rental deduction.

What's important where the debt proceeds are actually going. I can't go refinance a rental, buy a fancy sports car and call it rental interest.

Does that make more sense? 

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