Never, never, never, never buy a home, boat, second home, vacation property or anything else that involves
tax deductible interest payments solely based on the fact that you need a «tax write - off».
In Indiana, three policies provide tax - paying homeowners with incentives for using solar energy: net metering, which allows consumers to sell excess solar electricity back to the grid; financing through a home equity loan
with tax deductible interest; and a federal tax credit for 30 percent of the installation costs of solar energy systems.
As an individual, you will never come out ahead (from a tax perspective) by borrowing money to buy things that qualify
for tax deductible interest (whether its your primary home, a second home, rental property, or even a boat).
So if you are buying a $ 500K house, you will borrow as
much tax deductible interest money as you can, typically $ 400K, even if you had the full $ 500K in the bank.
The only way I can think of is to reduce the amount of equity used, to reduce the amount interest payments on the existing home loan go up by, while increasing the investment property loan size, with
its tax deductible interest payments, giving an overall benefit.
Mike, Have you run some numbers that show you're better off leveraging in the non-reg account (for
the tax deductible interest) than by further contributing to the RRSP?