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If it's the latter, you will ultimately want several ways to accomplish that.

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They NEED to find good risks to put money out on for survival.  

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Would writing off *both* mortgages from the new rental investment prevent us from writing off either of them on our current house, should we ultimately rent that out?

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I ultimately want to continue to buy, fix and rent properties over the years.

I ultimately want to continue to buy, fix and rent properties over the years.