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rental income quetsion

Daniel Han
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Just starting out with real estate investing and I haven't talked to the CPA yet.

Let's say you have a day job that pays well, $200k/year.

If you acquire 2 rental properties

property 1
rental income - expenses - mortgage interest - depreciation = $10000/year

property 2

rental income - expenses -mortgage interest - depreciation = -$15000/year

Does this mean that you end up with $5k deduction against the day job salary?

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So using only "what your job pays" isn't exactly right, it's going to use a modified version of your AGI on your tax return. 

In the case above you have 2 rentals who's net income = $0. 

If you make $150k AGI

Your rentals make $10k income 

Your income is $160k

If you make $150k AGI

Your rentals have a $10k LOSS

your Income is still $150k, and you have a $10k loss carry forward to the next year 

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