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Questions around the use of property that is rented to others.

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Interest _received_ in renting real estate

Just because you choose to put it in a separate bank account does not mean it has different tax treatment from any of your other accounts. It is still your account and interest received there is still …
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Can I use one rental house's mortgage interest to deduct another house's rental income?

I'll assume that you are talking about the United States, and I'll assume that both rental activities are "passive" activities. There is a rule that passive activity losses can only be deducted agains …
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Is it tax-inefficient to receive and pay rent?

I would say that, yes, it is tax-inefficient to rent and receive rent. Living in your own home is equivalent to renting to yourself (i.e. paying an amount of rent and receiving the same amount of rent …
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How to deal with a landlord charging more than what is specified in the lease when I break t...

You could argue that it was a "constructive eviction" -- i.e. conditions are so bad that it is as if they were evicting you. One thing I am not clear on is, you said they said you didn't pay enough. …
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