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soledad15
Dec 2, 2012, 05:33 PM
I want to buy a house in Virginia as an investment property and rent it to myself? If that is not possible, can I rent it to my husband?

ScottGem
Dec 2, 2012, 05:42 PM
It makes absolutely no sense to to rent a property to yourself or even your husband, unless you are looking to take a loss for tax purposes and even then its really iffy.

ebaines
Dec 3, 2012, 08:48 AM
Renting to yourself is considered personal use of the property and expenses incurred are not deductible. This often comes up when people rent out a condo for most of the year but use it for personal use for a few weeks each year. The rule is that if you use the property for personal use for more than 2 weeks per year or more than 10% of the number of days rented to third parties you can't treat it as a rental property for tax purposes. The reason for this is to prevent people from trying to turn personal expenses into business expenses.

joypulv
Dec 3, 2012, 08:58 AM
I'm curious what your reason to do this is?