Likewise, make sure
the rental portion of the contract outlines exactly who is responsible for maintenance and repairs on the property.
Buyers should make sure under what circumstances this fee could be forfeited during
the rental portion of the deal.
What are your insurance costs considering
the rental portion of the property?
Only deduct expenses for
the rental portion.
In this case you'd need to determine which percentage is related to
the rental portion (usually 50 %) and only deduct that amount from the rental income.
You can only deduct
the rental portion of expenses from rental income.
Not sure how you read that, but the utilities are staying with
the rental portion.
If you live in a multi-family unit which you also rent, you can split the tax deduction between the personal portion (Schedule A) and
the rental portion (Schedule E).
Oftentimes if you bundle auto, life and rental coverage you can save enough money on all three to completely pay for
the rental portion of your plan.
5) If you ever plan to sell the house, personal home does not qualify for like kind of exchange but
rental portion of the house might be qualified and defer the taxes on the gain on the rental portion.
4) You can depreciate
the rental portion of the house which can wash out most of the rental income that you otherwise had to pay taxes on.
2) You can deduct mortgage interest and property taxes as expense on
the rental portion and remaining personal portion can also be deducted as itemized deduction on personal return.
THIS RENTAL IS IN THE CONDO PORTION OF THE BUILDING — WITH HIGHER END FINISHES AND BETTERVIEWS THAN
THE RENTAL PORTION.
So your analysis for cash flow needs to be on
the rental portion only.