Does international real estate lose US tax benefits?

[Ashan D]

Hi all,

A big advantage of real estate is that it can be a large tax writeoff. The "depeciation" and mortgage writeoffs can save quite a bit.

I plan on living abroad so US real estate won't be an option for me for at least a couple years, so I was thinking of just starting internationally. My question is will I lose those nice tax writeoffs that I know US real estate has, or does it apply to any real estate?

Thanks