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'It's like a free down payment on a house': High earners are rushing to use this vacation-rental tax break
The Big Beautiful Bill made a tax loophole permanent for Airbnb investors. Here's how they're getting the IRS to fund their down payments.
President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill handed owners of vacation rentals a tax break that seems almost too good to be true.
"Some people say it's like a free down payment on a house," Jeremy Werden, co-founder of a short-term rental analysis tool, BNBCalc, told Business Insider. "When you submit your tax return, the government could wire you six figures just because you bought a house."
The bill made permanent a tax break that allows short-term rental investors to deduct much of the cost of a home from their W-2 income, cutting their tax bill by tens of thousands of dollars.
For those making $200,000 to $1,000, 0000 a year, it's one of the best way to build wealth...