If before Jim's heart attack, values were EDV=130 ml ESV= 50- ml what is his SV?
(But because it is a personal residence, the interest that doesn't count as a rental expense â 20% in our example â can be deducted as a personal expense.). If you limit personal use to 14 days or 10%, the vacation home is considered a business and up to $25,000 in losses might be deductible each year. That's why lots of vacation homeowners hold down leisure use and spend lots of time maintaining the property. Fix-up days don't count as personal use.
You can also generally deduct interest on home equity debt of up to $100,000 ($50,000 if you're married and file separately) regardless of how you use the loan proceeds. For details, see IRS Publication 936: Home Mortgage Interest Deduction. If you own rental property and borrow against it to buy a home, the interest does not qualify as mortgage interest because the loan is not secured by the home itself. 2  Interest paid on that loan can't be deducted as a rental expense either, because the funds were not used for the rental property.